Critical Perspectives on Ayi Kwei Armah

The essays gathered here are as various as their subject, dealing with such diverse dimensions of Armah’s writing as narrative technique, symbolism and metaphor, mythology, literary ancestry, historical background, and sociopolitical vision. Highlighting both the multifaceted nature of his work and the divided opinions about it, they clearly reflect the state of debate about the achievements of the man who is, for many, the “enfant terrible” of African literature.