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Ayi Kwei Armah

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in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

October 28, 1939

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary

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Born to Fante-speaking parents, with his father's side Armah descending from a royal family in the Ga tribe in the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, [1] Armah, having attended the renowned Achimota School, left Ghana in 1959 to attend Groton School in Groton, MA. After graduating, he entered Harvard University, receiving a degree in sociology. Armah then moved to Algeria and worked as a translator for the magazine Révolution Africaine. In 1964, Armah returned to Ghana, where he was a scriptwriter for Ghana Television and later taught English at the Navrongo School.

Between 1967 and 1968, he was editor of Jeune Afrique magazine in Paris. From 1968-1970, Armah studied at Columbia University, obtaining his MFA in creative writing. In the 19 ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 4,343 ratings · 384 reviews · 18 distinct works ‧ Similar authors

	The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating — 3,372 ratings — published 1968 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Thousand Seasons 4.43 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1973 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Healers 4.36 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 1978 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragments 3.86 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1970 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kmt: In The House Of Life 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Are We So Blest? 3.98 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1972 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Osiris Rising: a novel of Africa past, present and future 4.15 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eloquence of Scribes 4.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Resolutionaries 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembering the Dismembered Continent 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Alone, i am nothing. i have nothing.we have power.but we will never know it,we will never see it work.unless we come together to make it work.”
― Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

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“Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither skill nor desire to turn the agony of a people into entertainment.”
― Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

tags: africa, audience, impetus, justice

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“I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've been trained to write, I do that as a defense against total despair. And seeing people like you, who are actively engaged in trying to salvage pieces of our wrecked lives, gives me hope that after all we are not alone.”
― Ayi Kwei Armah

tags: african, writing

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Poll for April's group read, 'Reading Across the African Diaspora'. Which selection would you like to read? This poll will remain open until March 8. This should give us enough time to purchase/borrow the book in order to start reading on April 1. Please remember to only vote if you plan on participating.

- Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie

11 votes, 34.4%

- Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé

8 votes, 25.0%

- When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head

7 votes, 21.9%

- The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah (not available on Kindle)

3 votes, 9.4%

- In the Shadow of Ruin by Tony Debajo

2 votes, 6.3%

by Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (not available on Kindle)

1 vote, 3.1%

32 total votes

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