The Healers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ayi Kwei Armah
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1873-1874
- Setting: The Asante empire area and the Cape Coast of Ghana
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Power, personal or social, Politics, Race, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Rulers, Medicine, Corruption
- Locales: Ghana, Asante empire
Characters Discussed
Densu Ansa (DEHN-sew AHN-sah), a leading youth of Esuano at the age of twenty, an orphan since birth. A critically reflective person, he could have won the chosen-year games of competition and could have become king-elect, but, compassionately, he refused to kill a tethered pigeon in the final shooting contest. Actually, he prefers the work of the ascetic healers to the manipulative world of the court. He escapes the machinations of his evil guardian, Ababio, who would exploit Densu as a figurehead ruler. Densu, choosing truth and honorable service, is...
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