After all that, one cannot miss the author’s point. Ayi Kwei Armah set out to take a stand, make a political statement, and it is evident everywhere in his book – the pages are filled with the weight of hyperbole, simile, allegory, pontification. I sporadically blog at and can be found on twitter I decided to read The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, not because I particularly wanted to, but because my dad hasn’t shut up about it in all the years I have known him, and because it has been hailed as part of the canon of African literature.įor someone who hoped for a ‘good time,’ it was not a very enjoyable book. I am a rather silly person who is much older than I look. Today’s guest blogger in her own words: “I am Lady Jaye, after my favorite G.I.Joe, and an avid reader of mostly genre fiction (of the urban fantasy variety).
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