Freedom And Justice: A Post-Colonial Analysis Of Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments

Abstract

Ghana is a West African country which had been colonized by European rulers for centuries. The first president of the independent Ghana was Kwame Nkrumah and he designed the motto of the nation as ‘Freedom and Justice’. Ayi Kwei Armah’s second novel Fragments expresses that the motto is contradictory to the reality that are happening in Ghana. In this paper, the researcher focuses on various aspects by which the motto ‘Freedom and Justice’ has been corrupted by the people of post-colonial Ghana. Most specifically, it reveals the injustice rendered to the people who return from abroad.