The Healers
novel by Armah
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The Healers (1979) is the fifth novel by Ghanaian writer Ayi Kwei Armah. The novel follows a young man's journey to become a practitioner of traditional medicine during the fall of the Asante empire to British forces. Armah's work often explores themes of corruption, materialism, and the moral and spiritual divides in contemporary Africa.12
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