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Tag Archives: Ghana
DYING FOR A SWIM
THE BACKGROUND TO THE E-NOVELLA, DEATH AT THE VOYAGER HOTEL The Voyager Hotel in Accra is located in the busy central Tudu district. It’s a hub of trade and business, and also where hundreds of homeless adults and children sleep along the sidewalks … Continue reading
DEATH AT THE VOYAGER HOTEL – THE E-NOVELLA
Death at the Voyager Hotel, my new e-novella, is scheduled to hit online bookstores in July 2013. It will be available on several devices including your computer, cell phone, and e-reader, e.g. the Kindle and Nook. In Ghana‘s cosmopolitan capital of Accra, the Voyager Hotel is … Continue reading
WILL THE NEXT POPE BE AFRICAN?
The startling resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is the first since 1415, when Pope Gregory XII stepped down to help resolve a schism in the Catholic Church. Well, the papacy must go on, so the question is, who’s next? Who will fill the vacancy? Several candidates are … Continue reading
PEOPLE, MACHINES, AND AN ELECTION
What country has had an end-of-year election and has been concerned about election fraud? The U.S., you say, which is the correct answer, but not the only one. Read all about it here.
Tags ELECTION FRAUD, Ghana
WEST AFRICA’S ROLE IN WWII
There is a not widely known twist in the story of the Second World War. When the Mediterranean became blocked off by Germany and Italy, Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill chose a route from Takoradi in the Gold Coast, now … Continue reading
LESS THAN ONE PERCENT
I did an article for the Huffington Post about other aspects of Ghana’s oil industry that I found out on my March 2012 visit to the country. Much of the information in that article is not included in my blogs … Continue reading
Tags Ghana, Huffington Post, oil industry
TAKORADI – THE OIL CITY / Part 2
Part 1 looked at Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana’s Western Region and how the oil industry is transforming the twin city as new hotels spring up. But that’s not the only sector of real estate that is changing. There is also an explosion in … Continue reading
Upcoming visit to GH
I will be blogging from Ghana March 4 to March 27, during which time I will be visiting the cities of Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi. I will blog as often as time and Internet access allow. The purpose of the visit … Continue reading
FPIF (not to be confused with TGIF)
I’m honored to have been invited to be a regular columnist for the online publication Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF), which is a think tank for those who believe a more humane foreign policy is both possible and necessary. My first two articles on FPIF, … Continue reading
THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Many thanks to all for the terrific response to my blog Title for Book 3 in search of a new title for the 3rd Darko Dawson mystery. Apart from nominating the choices offered on the blog, some of you suggested your own … Continue reading
THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Many thanks to all for the terrific response to my blog Title for Book 3 in search of a new title for the 3rd Darko Dawson mystery. Apart from nominating the choices offered on the blog, some of you suggested your … Continue reading
Ghana Scores Another Top
After being cited by Economy Watch as the fastest growing GDP country in the world in the first half of 2011, Ghana made it onto another list, coming in at number 6 on Frommer’s Top Destinations 2012.
TITLE FOR BOOK 3
I’ve been thinking of a new working title for the 3rd Darko Dawson novel. This is all preliminary, of course. Working titles often end up being changed by the publisher, but I need a new way to refer to the … Continue reading
Tags Cape Three Points, Ghana, oil, Tullow Oil
E-BOOKS AND THE BLUDGEONING OF PUBLISHING
It’s been just over a year since I wrote about electronic books and the perils of publishing. Since then, developments have been hurtling us even faster into a future that’s already here. It’s affecting the entire book world and its components: … Continue reading
Tags Amazon, Borders, Darko Dawson mystery, e-books, Ghana, Kindle, Kobo, Nook, publishing, Random House
Eso Won Books – discussion and signing
Wonderful crowd at Eso Won on a balmy evening of July 19 2011. We had a great discussion on Ghana, the world, and Darko Dawson, a lively Q & A and some good laughs. A small world when a childhood … Continue reading
Broad Horizons and an Open Future
Like elsewhere in the world, Ghana’s Generation X, Y, and Z will steer their country over the next 40-60 years as baby boomers retire and fade away. There have been some recent astounding Ghanaian GDP growth rates quoted, and I’m not the only … Continue reading
Accra Academy: a love story
I was 13 when I first stepped on the campus of my secondary school, Accra Academy. It was love at first sight of the low-slung classroom blocks roofed with orange tiles. It’s always awkward to change schools, but I was immediately … Continue reading
The Consumption Paradox
Car rentals here in Accra come with or without a driver. Somewhere in the course of making a choice of vehicle, I turned down a flashy, powerful Land Cruiser in favor of a Toyota Corolla and a pair of eyebrows … Continue reading
Ghana – Day 1
Got into Accra around 8 in the morning Tuesday May 25, it wasn’t as hot as I’d expected even that early in the morning. My accommodations contact Alfred met me at the airport as promised and we went to Polo … Continue reading
Yay!
Finally! Today I completed the synopsis for my third novel MEN OF THE RIG, and emailed it to my agent Marly Rusoff for her feedback. Now it’s on to the research phase when I go to Ghana for 6 weeks, May … Continue reading
The MLK-Ghana-Egypt Connection
Some of you might have noticed that on the occasion of the historic resignation today of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, President Obama made a curious reference to Martin Luther King hailing Ghana’s independence from Britain on March 6, 1957. Quite … Continue reading
Website revamp
Coming up in the next several weeks, there’ll be a revamp of the website kweiquartey.com. It will be streamlined, simpler and more logical to navigate, and will feature easily accessible sections devoted to the separate Darko Dawson mysteries, Wife of … Continue reading
Welcome to the Oil Club, Ghana
In the third Darko Dawson novel, working title MEN OF THE RIG, we get introduced to Ghana’s brave new world of petroleum. On December 15, 2010, the country officially began pumping light sweet crude from an area in the
The Amazing Race, Bangladesh and Darko Dawson
This weekend, the remaining teams on The Amazing Race went to Dhaka, Bangladesh. This wouldn’t otherwise be commented on in this blog except for the fact that compared to Dhaka, Accra (Ghana) looked like Shangri-La. There are obviously degrees of … Continue reading
Tags Accra, Bangladesh, Darko Dawson, Dhaka, Ghana
The Amazing Race, Ghana – Part 2: “A Kiss Saves the Day”
On Sunday October 3, 2010, The Amazing Race competing teams were down to ten in number after elimination of one pair of contestants.As winners of the first leg of the race, dating couple Jill and Thomas got to leave first. … Continue reading
The Amazing Race, Ghana – Part 1
The premier episode of The Amazing Race (AR), Season 17 began on Sunday, September 26. In this CBS reality TV show hosted by Phil Keoghan, several two-person teams race to a winning destination via multiple countries in which they must … Continue reading
Kwei Interviews Quartey – Part 2 of 2
(This post contains external links) Q: So, the question was how much of Detective Inspector Darko Dawson is me, or how much of me is in Darko. To clear something up from the very start, I don’t smoke marijuana, nor … Continue reading
Darko Dawson Drinks Malta Guinness
Several readers, including those I’ve met at various book club discussions, have been curious about a beverage that Darko Dawson can’t get enough of in WOTG and the upcoming CHILDREN OF THE STREET (COTS). It’s a carbonated malt soft drink … Continue reading