ayi kweyi amar opens his novel by describing an old choking commuter bus arriving at a bus stand,on the bus the conductor
is careless and uses abusive language to both the passengers on board and the driver.
in fact the writer uses the bus to symbolise the state of ghana soon after independence-corruption and disorderly and immorality especially of the laeders.
as the writer builds up plot of the novel;he carries corruption as the main theme of the book.poverty is also shown by the writer to be the main problem facing the ghanian people despite of being free from
colonialism.he affirm that only the masters changed but the situation is all the same-the masters being black now contrary to the white masters during colonialism.the writer also use general filthy state to describe how corrupt and evil ghana is, after independence.in this book the man is used to represent the majority o fthe society who are poor as compared to
leaders like coomson who are rich and they live in luxurious estates.. unlike the poor who live in the slums.
also embezzlement of public funds is shown by using characters such as coomson and other leaders.
the writer finishes his novel by a coup detat as a solution to increased socio-economic problems but is it all good?for a policeman is seen taking bribe soon after the revolution....