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.

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...

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....