The Intellectual at the Crossroads: an Analysis of Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments
This article aims at unveiling the plight of the intellectual in Africa as it percolates Ayi Kwei Armah’s second novel, Fragments. The intellectual is commonly seen as an instrument whereby the material needs of his immediate family are covered, a sort of living god bringing quick and sudden wealth...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | This article aims at unveiling the plight of the intellectual in Africa as it percolates Ayi Kwei Armah’s second novel, Fragments. The intellectual is commonly seen as an instrument whereby the material needs of his immediate family are covered, a sort of living god bringing quick and sudden wealth where misery is rampant. This popular perception is at variance with that of the scholar, who armed with his ideas, wants to provide a global answer to the scourges of his society. The blatant clash between Baako Onipas’s outlook and that of a great part of his society accounts for his uneasiness culminating with his final dementia. |
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