Africa and the new world order: voices and ways of liberation in Armah's Osiris Rising

This paper explores the new Pan African and revolutionary vision of the Ghanaian author, Ayi Kwei Armah as it appears in Osiris Rising, a novel he published in 1995. My reading and analysis of the novel shows that with his treatment and his presentation of Africa, Armah marches away from the pessimi...

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Published inThe Journal of Pan African studies Vol. 1; no. 9; pp. 117 - 135
Main Author Edi, Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles Journal of Pan African Studies 01.08.2007
Itibari Zulu
Subjects
21st century
African literature
Afrocentrism
Analysis
Armah, Ayi Kwei
Arts, African
Black studies
Cold War
Criticism and interpretation
Developing countries
Globalization
LDCs
Liberty
Novelists
Pan-Africanism
Pedagogy
Political aspects
Politics
Teaching
Writers
Benin
Indiana
France
United States > US
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics > USSR
Africa
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Summary:This paper explores the new Pan African and revolutionary vision of the Ghanaian author, Ayi Kwei Armah as it appears in Osiris Rising, a novel he published in 1995. My reading and analysis of the novel shows that with his treatment and his presentation of Africa, Armah marches away from the pessimistic tone that marked his previous novels. On the contrary Osiris Rising is overflowed with an optimistic mood that does not hide the roughness of the road for African liberation. Through hardworking and victorious characters, Armah traces the way and indicates the voice of the new emerging Africa. Thus, Armah initiates a new direction for the African novel and African arts in general. Osiris Rising is the precursor of the third generation of creative production, which will be marked with African-centeredness. Osiris Rising adopts an introverted and Africancentered approach to liberation by focusing essentially on Africa. The novel carries three aesthetical values. First, it offers an African examination of Africa. Second, it proclaims the assertion of Africa, and third it promotes the idea of African emancipation.
ISSN:0888-6601
1942-6569