Narrative Technique as a Vehicle of Meaning in Ayi Kwei Armah's Osiris Rising

Abstract

Ayi Kwei Armah is one of the foremost African writers who has relentlessly devoted and dedicated his artistic works to the course of Africa. Against the background of the Formalists approach to the appreciation of Literature, this article examines Armah's deployment of such Narrative Technique as Point of view, character / characterization and symbol as a vehicle of meaning in his sixth novel, Osiris Rising. The article concludes that in accordance with his Pan-African stance, Armah, through his masterly deployment of the afore mentioned narrative technique, commits his art to the total rejection of all manner of neo-colonial tendencies, especially, the Euro-centric education system, and the oppression and exploitation of Africans by the Western forces and their African allies, as well as advocate the liberation of Africa from Western fetters.