WRITER

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 173,763 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ayi Kwei Armah is the 6,409th most popular writer (down from 5,968th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 37th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ghanaian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Why are we so blest?
Man-woman relationships, Fiction
1962
The healers
History, Fiction in English, Fiction
1978
The beautyful ones are not yet born
Men, Fiction, Hommes
1968
The beautyful ones are not yet born
Fiction, Men
This novel is a treatment of the theme of corruption wrought by poverty. It is the story of an upright man resisting the temptations of easy bribes and easy satisfactions and winning for his honesty nothing but scorn even from those he loves.
1968
Fragments
Fiction, Social life and customs, Manners and customs
1970
Two thousand seasons
Fiction, History, Civilization
1973

Page views of Ayi Kwei Armahs by language

Over the past year Ayi Kwei Armah has had the most page views in the with 24,621 views, followed by French (2,593), and German (1,099). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (115.65%), Czech (58.92%), and Egyptian Arabic (44.12%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ayi Kwei Armah ranks 6,409 out of 7,302. Before him are Phyllis A. Whitney, Janet Evanovich, Tron Øgrim, Thomas Percy, Joe Hill, and Māra Zālīte. After him are James Branch Cabell, Michael McClure, Andrew Sarris, Jáchym Topol, Frances Wright, and Michal Šanda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ayi Kwei Armah ranks 591. Before him are Félix Salinas, Kinuko Tanida, Seán Brady, John M. Fabian, Marit Paulsen, and Yury Sharov. After him are Neil Sloane, Hugo Villanueva, Eddie Kendricks, Martha Hudson, Stephen L. Adler, and Barbara Bosson.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Ayi Kwei Armah ranks 38 out of 162. Before him are Tony Yeboah (1966), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Richard Baawobr (1959), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Karim Abdul Razak (1956), and Derek Boateng (1983). After him are Owusu Benson (1977), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), Christian Atsu (1992), Kwame Ayew (1973), Raphael Dwamena (1995), and Hugh Quarshie (1954).

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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), and Amma Darko (1956).

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