Eric Edi
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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.
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.