Blogs in April 2020

The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories 14th April 2020

A glorious literary debut set in Africa about five unforgettable women–two of them haunted by a shared tragedy–whose lives intersect in unexpected and sometimes explosive ways When Adjoa leaves Ghana to find work in the Ivory Coast, she hopes...

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Beyond The Horizon 14th April 2020

A first novel by a Ghanaian woman who spent some time in Germany. It provides an account of the exploitation of women in Africa and Europe, and tells of an immigrant who, having travelled to Germany to find a...

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Children of the Street 14th April 2020

In the slums of Accra, Ghana’s fast-moving, cosmopolitan capital, teenagers are turning up dead. Inspector Darko Dawson has seen many crimes, but this latest string of murders—in which all the young victims bear a chilling signature—is the most unsettling...

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Search Sweet Country 14th April 2020

Accra, Ghana, the 1970s. In the streets, marketplaces and crowded houses of this sprawling city, an unforgettable cast of characters live, love and try to get by: an idealistic professor, a beautiful young witch, a wide-eyed student, a corrupt...

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Black Gold of the Sun 14th April 2020

‘Where are you from?’ ‘No, where are you really from?’ These questions, which he has been asked since boyhood, drive Ekow Eshun to travel through Ghana in search of his roots, and lead him on an exploration of history...

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