Ayi Kwei Armah's - Fragments (1970)
Background of the Author Ayi Kwei Armah (born 28 October 1939) is a Ghanaian writer. Best known for his novels, including The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968), Fragments (1970),Two Thousand Seasons (1973) and The Healers (1979), he is also an essayist, as well as having written poetry, short stories, and books for children. Analysis and Summary Fragments is a vehicle of self-discovery striving to define African identity and enable Africans to rediscover their cultural Roots. Armah throws enough light on the crucial problem that laments for quick solution. Baako’s nervous breakdown occurs because of weighty expectations of family and society. He lost clarity of vision in the quagmire of expectations imposed on him. The moment he begins to feel that their way of expectation is right, he loses his grip on his own sanity. Thus, it Is not possible for an ordinary Ghanaian to fulfill these substantial desires. African society is in transitive motion; it need to be protected from we...