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Ayi Kwei Armah
Writer

Ayi Kwei Armah

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Examining postcolonial society in The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born · Two Thousand Seasons

Born
28 October 1939
Birthplace
Sekondi-Takoradi

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Ayi Kwei Armah

Ayi Kwei Armah is a Ghanaian novelist, essayist and teacher whose writing addresses corruption, history and African renewal.

Early life

Sekondi-Takoradi

Grew up in Ghana and attended Achimota.

United States

Studied at Groton and Harvard.

Career

  1. 1960s

    Media work

    Worked in translation, television and magazine editing.

  2. 1968

    First novel

    Published The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.

  3. 1970s

    Teaching

    Taught in Tanzania and Lesotho.

Selected work

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

Examines ethical compromise after independence.

Two Thousand Seasons

Reimagines a long African historical experience.

The Healers

Explores division and restoration.

Beyond work

Education

Also taught at several American universities.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical data and references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: The original uploader was Perijove at Swahili Wikipedia.. GFDL · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.