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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is the debut novel by Ghanaian writer Ayi Kwei Armah. It was published in 1968 by Houghton Mifflin , and then republished in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series in 1969.
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Nov 3, 2023 · The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is a 1968 novel by Ayi Kwei Armah about a man who navigates the morally compromised world of postcolonial Ghana. The protagonist,...
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is the novel that catapulted Ayi Kwei Armah into the limelight. The novel is generally a satirical attack on the Ghanaian society during Kwame Nkrumah’s regime and the period immediately after independence in the 1960s.
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, published in 1968, is a debut novel by Ayi Kwei Armah, one of the most noteworthy writers of postcolonial Ghana. Armah was born in Takoradi, Ghana, in 1939. He was educated at schools in Ghana and private institutions in America, including Harvard University.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is the first novel by Ghanian author Ayi Kwei Armah. First published in 1968, it soon became part of the prestigious African Writers Series,...
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born takes place in 1965 and 1966, one of the darkest periods of Ghana’s history. It opens in the final months of Kwame Nkrumah’s regime and closes with the coup that ousted him on February 24, 1966.
Oct 23, 1989 · The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (African Writers Series) by Ayi Kwei Armah (Author) 4.5 165 ratings. See all formats and editions. A railway freight clerk in Ghana attempts to hold out against the pressures that impel him toward corruption in both his family and his country. Report an issue with this product or seller. ISBN-10. 0435905406.
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