Word: adjusting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, his first novel about the failure of revolution to inspirit his fellow Ghanaians. But contempt for his countrymen still seethes, this time because they are corruptly devoted to cars, tape recorders and neon "WELLCOME" signs at airports. Baako, his fragile hero, cannot adjust to such trinket worship. His sister's premature baby dies when the family too quickly presents it at an outdoor festival because they are anxious for the traditional gifts of money. At his job as a writer for Ghana-vision, he finds that there are only funds enough...
...average age of the girls is 19, the boys 21, and they run the gamut of honor-rollers, cheer leaders, glee-clubbers and yearbook editors. The cast has such a home-town flavor that Choreographer Miriam Nelson and others had to conduct travel clinics to help the kids adjust to life on the road. "Get eight hours of sleep a night," they were told. "Phone home at least once a week to prevent homesickness...