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In my novel writing, my aim is not only to entertain but also to render as authentic an experience as possible to the reader, especially...
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Kwei Jones Quartey
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
Jun 30, 20184 min read
THE CURSED POOR:MEDICINE IN A WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY
A GLIMPSE INTO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN A WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY The West African country of Ghana continues to show respectable GDP...
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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
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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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 28, 20172 min read
A UNIQUE PLACE TO STAY
If you’re ever in Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city, make it a point to stay at the Four Villages Inn. FVI is an unique bed and...
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Kwei Quartey
Mar 4, 20171 min read
THE WAIT IS OVER
At last, today the trailer for DEATH BY HIS GRACE makes its debut. DBHG is the 5th novel in the Inspector Darko Dawson series, and in...
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Kwei Quartey
Mar 2, 20171 min read
DEATH BY HIS GRACE–THE VIDEO
On or around Saturday, March 4, 2017, the trailer for the fifth Inspector Darko novel, DEATH BY HIS GRACE, will premiere. It will hint at...
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Kwei Quartey
Feb 22, 20172 min read
GOD, MARRIAGE, & MURDER: A deadly trinity
For a few years now, Ghana has topped many lists of the most religious countries in the world with 96% of West African nation’s...
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Kwei Quartey
Oct 18, 20164 min read
AFRICAN SAFARI–Part 2
The first piece of information I learned quickly from Alhassan, who is a pleasant, avuncular man, is that this part of the year, the tail...
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Kwei Quartey
Oct 13, 20163 min read
AFRICAN SAFARI–Part 1
My first African safari was when I was a kid. I went to one of the national wildlife parks in Kenya with my mother and brother. We saw...
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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
Jun 17, 20161 min read
GHANA GOLD
Watch this video by Afua Hirsch, formerly of The Guardian, UK. It gives insight into the new Inspector Darko Dawson novel, GOLD OF THE...
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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
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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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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Kwei Quartey
Apr 22, 20153 min read
CRIME FICTION WORLD TOUR: G is for GHANA
Ghana is located on the coast of West Africa. Its southernmost tip, Cape Three Points, is closest to zero than any other world land mass...
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Kwei Quartey
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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