West Africa
Ghana
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
Baako returns from studying in America full of idealism, but his family and a society consumed by materialism destroy him. Armah's second novel, even darker than his debut.
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Continues Armah's searing critique of post-independence Ghana; one of his most personally autobiographical works
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editorial-summarynot primary textBaako returns from studying in America full of idealism, but his family and a society consumed by materialism destroy him. Armah's second novel, even darker than his debut. Continues Armah's searing critique of post-independence Ghana; one of his most personally autobiographical works
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