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Ayi Kwei Armah

1939 - Today

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Ayi Kwei Armah (born 28 October 1939) is a Ghanaian writer best known for his novels including The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968), Two Thousand Seasons (1973) and The Healers (1978). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ayi Kwei Armah has received more than 179,372 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ayi Kwei Armah is the 5,992nd most popular writer (down from 5,363rd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 34th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ghanaian Writer.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ayi Kwei Armah ranks 5,992 out of 5,755. Before him are Melissa Rosenberg, Emanuel Pastreich, Les Murray, Alice Hoffman, Rahat Indori, and Cecily von Ziegesar. After him are Ralf Rothmann, Howard Gordon, Fatou Diome, Cressida Cowell, Oles Buzina, and Maurice G. Dantec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ayi Kwei Armah ranks 525. Before him are Seán Brady, Betty Everett, Cleavon Little, Salvatore Nunnari, Odd Børre, and Maury Povich. After him are Bill Mulliken, Peter Goldreich, Eddie Kendricks, Lino Brocka, Dorothy Shirley, and D. C. Fontana.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Ayi Kwei Armah ranks 37 out of 121. Before him are Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Peter Poreku Dery (1918), Derek Boateng (1983), Felix Nartey (null), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913). After him are Kofi Awoonor (1935), John Mensah (1982), Freddy Adu (1989), Owusu Benson (1977), Hans Sarpei (1976), and Kofi Kingston (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Ghana

Among writers born in Ghana, Ayi Kwei Armah ranks 3. Before him are William Boyd (1952) and Ama Ata Aidoo (1942). After him are Kofi Awoonor (1935).

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