Art and the Symbol of Fire in Fragments by Ayi Kwei Armah: A Study of Baako's Predicament

Aurélien Gondo DRO

Numéro 10 – Décembre 2016 (2016) Page(s) 1 - 14 ISSN 2076-6130

The relationship between art and the symbol of fire in Fragments is highlighted through the predicament of Baako . As a romantic artist, Baako appears as an exceptional figure committed to bearing light for salvation purposes. In fact, after his stay in the West , regarded as the world of the gods, t he artist comes back home endowed with sapience and knowledge metaphorically perceived as light or fire intended to be shared. However, the light bearer is confronted with the hostility of an unenlightened community whose cave men’s expectations are below the visio nary gleam. The artist is constrained to loneliness and relinquishes his vocation.

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Aurélien Gondo DRO. « Art and the Symbol of Fire in Fragments by Ayi Kwei Armah: A Study of Baako's Predicament ». Revue Ivoirienne de Langues Étrangères, Numéro 10, 2016, p. 1. ISSN 2076-6130.