Two Thousand Seasons

Criticism of the novel is mixed. Chinua Achebe, in a 1987 interview, described Two Thousand Seasons as "unacceptable on the basis of fact, and on the basis of art. The work is ponderous and heavy and wooden, almost embarrassing in its heaviness."^[1]

The reviewing site Complete Review gave the novel a B+ rating, noting that it is an "often strong but ultimately too simplistic picture of Africa -- past and future".^[1] The review focuses on Armah's oversimplification of the African continent's "actual sad history".^[1]

Gloria Steinem in a 2016 article for T: The New York Times Style Magazine chose Two Thousand Seasons as one of her 10 favourite books and said of Ayi Kwei Armah: "He not only redefines history, but how history is told."^[5]

• Mtshali, Khondlo (2009). "Psychopathology and Healing in Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons and The Healers". Postcolonial Text. 5 (1).
• Guendouzi, Amar (Spring 2012). "Salvation History in Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons". Christianity and Literature. 61 (3): 399–416. doi:10.1177/014833311206100304. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
• Gray, Rosemary (1997). "Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons: From Idea to Idealism". In Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (ed.). Passion for Place Book II. Analecta Husserliana. Springer Netherlands. pp. 161–171. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-2549-1_14. ISBN 978-90-481-4728-1.
• Fubara, A. M. (2013). "Memory, verbal onslaught and persuasive eloquence in Armah's Two Thousand Seasons and The Healers". Tydskrif vir Letterkunde. 50 (1).

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