"Wherever I've Gone, I've Gone Voluntarily": Ayi Kwei Armah's Radical Pan-African Itinerary.
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| Title: | "Wherever I've Gone, I've Gone Voluntarily": Ayi Kwei Armah's Radical Pan-African Itinerary. |
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| Authors: | Fenderson, Jonathan B. |
| Source: | Black Scholar. Winter2007, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p50-60. 11p. |
| Subjects: | Armah, Ayi Kwei, 1939-, Ghanaian authors, Pan-Africanism, Harvard University, Education, Colonies |
| Abstract: | This article explores the ideas and activities in and around the works and life of Ghanaian writer Ayi Kwei Armah. It examines Armah's early Pan-Africanist convictions, as well as his literary and extra-literary politics. It provides information on Armah's early education and how colonialism shaped his life. It claims that the same people who perpetuated Africa's neo-colonial state also funded Armah's early education in the U.S. It also discusses the role of Harvard University in Armah's intellectual and political development. |
| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This article explores the ideas and activities in and around the works and life of Ghanaian writer Ayi Kwei Armah. It examines Armah's early Pan-Africanist convictions, as well as his literary and extra-literary politics. It provides information on Armah's early education and how colonialism shaped his life. It claims that the same people who perpetuated Africa's neo-colonial state also funded Armah's early education in the U.S. It also discusses the role of Harvard University in Armah's intellectual and political development. |
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| ISSN: | 00064246 |
