Two Thousand Seasons (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ayi Kwei Armah
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Epic chronicle
- Time of Work: 1000-1900
- Setting: Africa, Western Sudan, and Ghana
- Principal Characters: The Narrator, Anoa, Isanusi, Idawa, Abena, Koranche, Bentum, Bradford George
- Genres: Long fiction, Epic
- Subjects: Culture, History, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Folkloric or magical people, Colonies or colonization, Race, Slavery or slaves, Revolutions, Death or dying, Rulers, Zombies or living dead
- Locales: Ghana, Africa, Sudan
The Novel
The novel opens with a lyrical prologue in which the narrator, who assumes the role of a griot, the poet-historian of the village, calls out to other gifted voices to realize their proper “vocation.” They must understand that the past one thousand years (two thousand seasons) in Africa have been, first, a movement toward death, and then, a movement away from death, that Africa has been following alien ways—which are death to the black culture. The prologue announces the purpose of the novel: to retell the story of Africa, in particular the story of Ghana, from...
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