# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ayi-kwei-armah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:35.554Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ayi-kwei-armah"
name: "Ayi Kwei Armah"
slug: "ayi-kwei-armah"
description: "Ayi Kwei Armah is a Ghanaian writer best known for his novels including The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968), Two Thousand Seasons (1973) and The Healers (1978). He is also an essayist, as well as having written poetry, short stories, and books for children."
tagline: "Ghanaian writer (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ayi_Kwei_Armah.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.46511817940389
  historical:           18.97008933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump