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kweiquartey
- Mar 23
- 4 min
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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Kwei Quartey
- Nov 30, 2020
- 5 min
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...
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Kwei Quartey
- Oct 13, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Kwei Quartey
- Nov 12, 2019
- 6 min
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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Kwei Quartey
- Jul 29, 2017
- 4 min
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, 2017
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Sep 25, 2016
- 2 min
SUNSHINE NOIR
You 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
- Apr 10, 2016
- 1 min
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
- May 11, 2014
- 3 min
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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Kwei Quartey
- Jan 3, 2014
- 1 min
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....
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