A delegation of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) led by the President, Prof Bill Ndi yesterday paid a visit to the legendary Ghanian writer, Ayi Kwei Armah in his Popenguine Estate in Senegal.
The visit which came on the heels of the just concluded International African Writers Day organized by the Senegalese Writers Association was to acquaint the 86 year old writer best known for his novels especially THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN of the current progress of the Continental Writers body.
In his remarks, Ayi Kwei Armah thanked and praised PAWA for the visit and also lauded PAWA’s effort at “remembering” a Dismembered Continent.
When teased about waiting for ‘ the beautyful ones to be born’ he joked that it might take up to a hundred years.
Ayi Kwei Armah has continued writing and publishing at his Ocean front Popenguine Estate, seat of Per Ankh Publishing House.
This outfit was born of a collaboration with Ayi Kwei Armah, Sembene Ousmane and Lamine Gueye. He also hosts a writers’ residency program as well as writing workshops at his other estate, Le Bourgainvillier.
He is currently working tirelessly with a group of other writers on translating into many modern languages ancient Egyptian narratives and poems of the pre-pharoanic and pharoanic eras.
