The phrase the beautyful once are not yet born has been interpreted literally by most Ghanaians. I don’t really know if most of you have read Ayi Kwei Armah’s novel. The title provides an intriguing set of artistic and socio-political implications. These implications acquire more importance when the novelist interpreted in its historical and social context, and in its literary achievements as one of the most interesting African novels. “The Beautyful Ones” stands for clean, honest, righteous, and trust worthy people in our society.
During Electioneering year we hear beautiful promises... this gives us a feeling of salvation and hope. This turns out not the case when they are sworn into office. The political victory itself happens to be the identical twin of defeat as corrupt practices retard the progress of the country.
Will you cast a stone at The driver who gives his folder, together with the bribe in it, to the policeman? Well a Police Chief Inspector, who could not stand the persistent attempts by a driver to bribe him over a road traffic offence, on Friday, gave the driver a punch to shrug him off. By providing his novel with such a title, the writer seems to look at things with a more realistic vision that goes so far in protesting against corruption, opportunism and disillusionment. If a former president can tell Ghanaians: corruption could not be eradicated because it was part of human kind since it started in the days of [yore] Adam and Eve, and that it was
as old as creation itself. That many people had attempted to bribe him with loads of money [as money was coming WAA WAAH] but he had asked them to hold on and come later because the time was not ripe then.
I will want to ask "ARE THE BEAUTYFUL ONES BORN ”??
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