Ayi Kwei Armah

Ayi Kwei Armah is a Ghanaian writer, born in 1939, best known for the novels The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968), Two Thousand Seasons (1973) and The Healers (1978). Fragments, set in post-colonial Ghana, follows Baako, a young intellectual who returns home after years abroad, and Osiris Rising is another of his novels. Armah has also written essays, poetry, short stories and books for children.