Utopia as a literary visionary imperative in Ayi Kwei Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons

Dr. Diarrassouba Souleymane

Abstract

The issue of utopia and the past, present and future realities of the Black colonized continent have been fantastically dealt with in Ayi Kwei Armah’s novel entitled Two Thousand Seasons where the depiction of his imaginary thoughts is such as to reflect his own visions of the African matters: power relations, Black identity, gender relations and his own political convictions. Two Thousand Seasons is a set piece of the past background of Black Africa. The context of this novel is in a historical period but it has a continental, diaspora preoccupations and a timeless quality with regard to the myriad of its concerns and is as relevant in today’s world as it was “two thousand seasons” ago. In a postcolonial prospect, the novel under study deals with social and political issues in order to urge and teach African people newer social, cultural and ideological ideas.