The Re-making of Africa: Ayi Kwei Armah and the Narrative of an (Alter)-native Route to Development
The paper is a critical exploration of Ayi Kwei Armah's novels, with a view to analysing the author's perception of and responses to Africa's contemporary political history. Using the Beautiful Ones Are not Yet Born (1968) and Osiris Rising (1995) for in-depth study, the paper stress...
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| description | The paper is a critical exploration of Ayi Kwei Armah's novels, with a view to analysing the author's perception of and responses to Africa's contemporary political history. Using the Beautiful Ones Are not Yet Born (1968) and Osiris Rising (1995) for in-depth study, the paper stresses the trajectory of Armah's philosophical reflections on 'the trouble with Africa' as it relates to governance and development. The study is premised on a theoretical assumption that African literary arts, oral and written, are capable of generating the necessary stimuli for change. In its fictiveness, literature proffers different perspectives of existential problems and their solutions. A politically engaged novel, the type that Armah often writes, is an apt canvas for paradigmatic interactions of contending ideas and social forces. |
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| spelling | oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-26532023-05-13T11:05:50Z The Re-making of Africa: Ayi Kwei Armah and the Narrative of an (Alter)-native Route to Development Adeoti, Gbemisola African Literature Post-Colonial Literature and Development Ayi Kwei Armah The paper is a critical exploration of Ayi Kwei Armah's novels, with a view to analysing the author's perception of and responses to Africa's contemporary political history. Using the Beautiful Ones Are not Yet Born (1968) and Osiris Rising (1995) for in-depth study, the paper stresses the trajectory of Armah's philosophical reflections on 'the trouble with Africa' as it relates to governance and development. The study is premised on a theoretical assumption that African literary arts, oral and written, are capable of generating the necessary stimuli for change. In its fictiveness, literature proffers different perspectives of existential problems and their solutions. A politically engaged novel, the type that Armah often writes, is an apt canvas for paradigmatic interactions of contending ideas and social forces. 2014-08-22T12:14:04Z 2018-10-27T14:59:01Z 2014-08-22T12:14:04Z 2018-10-27T14:59:01Z 2005 Article Adeoti, Gbemisola (2005). The Re-making of Africa: Ayi Kwei Armah and the Narrative of an (Alter)-native Route to Development. Africa Media Review, 13(2). http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2653 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria |
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