A review by mokey4
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah

5.0

This is one of the best books I have ever read, by any author from any place. I tried to read it while I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana but could not force my way through it- I needed escapism, and the book was too close to my then-present situation (though the economic & political atmosphere had certainly improved in Ghana by the time I was there, in 1997-1999). I picked it up again a few years after my return to the US and it resonated deeply with me and my experience of Ghana.