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Kwei Quartey, MD, blogs about African writing and literature, African mysteries, being a Ghanaian-American writer, travel to Africa and beyond, human rights, politics, popular culture, and medicine.
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Mar 23, 20214 min read
The Food In My Novels: Part Two
In my last post, we saw some Ghanaian dishes that show up in my novels. But wait, there's more! There was too much to include in one...
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Nov 30, 20205 min read
WRITING AFRICAN FICTION FOR WESTERNERS
Chinua Achebe–trailblazer Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) at 70 (Photo: ABAYOMI ADESHIDA/AFP via Getty Images) Written in...
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Oct 13, 20206 min read
CULTURE CLASH: Writing Fiction From Diverse Life Experiences
Culture Clash: Writing Fiction From Diverse Life Experiences In an era when the American administration is doing its best to seal the...
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Nov 12, 20196 min read
AFRICAN CRIME FICTION
AFRICAN CRIME FICTION Magic and murder in African crime fiction African crime fiction can offer more than its counterpart from elsewhere...
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Jul 29, 20174 min read
AFRICAN WRITERS–Critics and Critiques
What have critics said about African writers? In his paper Themes in African Literature Today, Per Wastberg states: “African Literature...
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Jul 15, 20175 min read
AFRICAN LITERATURE–Why it deserves better
African Literature: What is it? African literature has been much written about. There is still debate about what it really is, its themes...
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Jul 4, 20171 min read
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
This is the 5th novel in Michael Stanley’s Detective Kubu series set in Botswana, one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most promising nations....
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Sep 25, 20162 min read
SUNSHINE NOIR
We all know about Nordic Noir, right? It’s a tradition of realistic crime fiction written in a cold, often gray, snowy setting. A group...
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Apr 10, 20161 min read
LA TIMES–RAIN OR SHINE
A few photos from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 9 & 10, 2016. People came, despite the rain on Saturday 4/9/16. Bovard...
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May 11, 20143 min read
CRIME FICTION : WORLD TOUR “B” is for BOTSWANA
Botswana is notable for a number of reasons besides being the setting for murder mysteries. It’s a landlocked country in southern Africa...
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Jan 3, 20141 min read
IS 2014 THE YEAR OF THE AFRICAN WRITER?
Looks like it’s hip to be an African writer in 2014, particularly in the diaspora. Publishers are snapping up their books like hotcakes....
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