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From: hestenes@sdcsla.UUCP (Eric Hestenes)
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Subject: Re: 'Passion Week'/Ghana
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 15:33:39 EDT
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> I am reading "The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born" by Ayi Kwei Armah. The
  		    Beautyful
>Joyce Black

yeah, the symbolism in TBOANYB is overpowering ( pun intended ).

My favorite scene involves the one where mr. politician ( can't recall the
name ) is reduced to the chichidodo, a sad animal that hates the smell and
touch of excrement, and yet gains a living by eating the maggots ot of it.



eric
( long live pan-africanism! )
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