KWEI JONES QUARTEY | BLOG

Kwei Quartey, MD, blogs about African writing and literature, African mysteries, on being a Ghanaian-American writer, travel to Africa and beyond, human rights, and medical topics.

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...

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...

CULTURE CLASH: Writing Fiction From Diverse Life Experiences

Culture Clash: Writing Fiction From Diverse Life Experiences In an era when the American administration is doing its best to seal the...

AFRICAN CRIME FICTION

AFRICAN CRIME FICTION Magic and murder in African crime fiction African crime fiction can offer more than its counterpart from elsewhere...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....