What ought to I learn earlier than I pack my luggage?
Nii Ayikwei Parkes’s “Tail of the Blue Hen” brings the town to life. This slim novel is about in Accra and Sonokrom, a small village. Kayo, a forensic pathologist working in Accra, has been compelled by a high-ranking police officer to research a sinister discovery within the village.
The novel’s lyrical prose and wealthy dialogue, which includes Ghanaian phrases and phrases, make it pleasant to learn. By means of Kayo’s work, outings with associates and encounters with the police, we see completely different features of life in Accra, whereas his time in Sonokrom and interactions with the village’s intriguing inhabitants supply a glimpse of how folks outdoors the middle relate to the town.
In the event you desire nonfiction, Ato Quayson’s “Oxford Avenue, Accra: Metropolis Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism” provides a wonderful introduction to the town. It takes the reader on a journey via Accra’s historical past, displaying its evolution from a fishing village to a port city throughout British colonial rule, to a vibrant metropolis that pulls in folks from across the nation and the world. With Oxford Avenue, a bustling industrial hall, as a place to begin, Quayson evokes the sights and sounds of the town with eager consideration to how folks work together with one another and their environment. Forays into the salsa and fitness center scenes underline the transnational dimensions of life in Accra.
What books or authors ought to I deliver together with me?
Accra is on the coronary heart of Yepoka Yeebo’s “Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World.” This work of nonfiction is a wild experience about one of many boldest scams of the Seventies and ‘80s, carried out by John Ackah Blay-Miezah, a charismatic Ghanaian. Blay-Miezah promised large returns to hundreds of buyers from world wide, tied to a bogus belief fund allegedly arrange by Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president. Whereas Blay-Miezah focused victims internationally, his dealings with authorities officers and different businesspeople in Accra facilitated his rip-off and, in the end, contributed to its finish. The guide is a meticulously researched and riveting account of politics and cash in post-independence Ghana.
Fictional tales of homicide can be doorways into Accra. In “Sleep Nicely My Woman,” by Kwei Quartey, a feminine detective’s investigation of a homicide provides a glimpse into the lives of the wealthy and the not-so-rich of the town. In Kobby Ben Ben’s “No One Dies But,” Accra is the scene of thriller and intercourse, in a gathering of Ghana and its diaspora.
