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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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Mar 23, 20214 min read
The Food In My Novels: Part Two
In my last post, we saw some Ghanaian dishes that show up in my novels. But wait, there's more! There was too much to include in one...
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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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Apr 28, 20202 min read
COVID CRIMES
Covid Crimes Crime in the US during the COVID-19 has followed a not altogether clear path. The general headline has been that crime rates...
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Apr 14, 20204 min read
A NEW TWIST TO MEDICINE AND WRITING IN THE COVID-19 ERA
Medicine and Writing in the COVID-19 era The COVID-19 pandemic has turned life upside down in so many ways it’s difficult to quantify....
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Nov 12, 20196 min read
AFRICAN CRIME FICTION
AFRICAN CRIME FICTION Magic and murder in African crime fiction African crime fiction can offer more than its counterpart from elsewhere...
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May 9, 20195 min read
AFRICAN FICTION, WESTERN READERS
AFRICAN FICTION, WESTERN READERS African fiction, western readers? Why is that a question? The sad irony of African writers in the...
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Jul 23, 20184 min read
RESEARCHING YOUR NOVEL
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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