Ethiopia: The Beautiful Ones, the Eccentric Writers and Journalists of Yore

[Ethiopian Herald] In his debut novel entitled "The beautiful ones are not yet born", Ayi Kwei Armah portrays the rampant corruption that characterized everyday life in his country by depicting ordinary characters that are trying to cope with ordinary life by bribing their ways to what they considered was success. Published in 1968, "The beautiful ones are not yet born is a novel in which Armah expresses his disgust on the level of corruption prevalent in Ghana during the first republic Nkrumah.