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KWEI JONES QUARTEY | BLOG
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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Kwei Quartey
Jul 16, 20201 min read
Get Ready For Sleep Well, My Lady–Coming 2021
Sleep Well, My Lady Sleep Well, My Lady (January 2021) In Sleep Well, My Lady, Emma Djan, Private Investigator, returns for another round...
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Kwei Quartey
Jun 13, 20203 min read
MY TOP TEN GHANA SCENES
My Top Ten Ghana Scenes I have thousands of photos from Ghana, many of them forming backdrops in my novels. Here are some top ten...
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Kwei Quartey
Jul 25, 20191 min read
LETTER FROM GHANA–1
Letter from Ghana I’ve been in Ghana now for just under a month combining books/family/leisure, although I have to say I’ve had little of...
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Kwei Quartey
Jun 30, 20193 min read
THE MISSING AMERICAN
The Missing American When American Gordon Tilson joined the Peace Corps in the 1980s, he went to the country of Ghana for his service....
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Kwei Quartey
Mar 19, 20197 min read
AFRICA’S GREATEST UNSOLVED MURDERS-3
AFRICA’S GREATEST UNSOLVED MURDERS The US has its share of cold cases, unsolved murders, and murder mysteries that have never been...
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Kwei Quartey
Jun 14, 20174 min read
RELIGION, MARRIAGE, AND MURDER (IN GHANA)
On Tuesday August 29, 2017, my fifth Detective Chief Inspector Darko Dawson novel will go on sale. It’s called DEATH BY HIS GRACE, and...
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Kwei Quartey
Apr 24, 20162 min read
PLAYTIME IN AFRICA
Every so often, one comes across an extraordinary endeavor that must be talked about and given prominence. This one appears in my...
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Kwei Quartey
Jan 16, 20162 min read
REALITY BITES IN THE DARK
I wrote about the on-off cycle of electricity in Ghana in my last post. After arriving in Ghana on Jan 6, the lights in my area stayed on...
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Kwei Quartey
Jan 8, 20162 min read
Travels To The “Dark Country”
The term “Dark Continent” is an antiquated (and to many, offensive) euphemism for Africa that once got veteran NPR broadcaster Jean...
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