Ayi Kwei Armah, Radical Iconoclast: Pitting Imaginary Worlds Against the Actual

Critics have misunderstood the influences that have shaped the vision of revolutionary Ghanian novelist Armeh, says Ogede (English, North Carolina Central U.), and have overlooked his unique contribution to the problems of writing outside conventional English. He traces his art not to major figures of European literature, but to the complexities of African oral traditions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)