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KWEI JONES QUARTEY | BLOG
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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Kwei Quartey
Oct 13, 20206 min read
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
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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Kwei Quartey
Sep 20, 20194 min read
MISSING AMERICANS: The real ones
Missing Americans The Missing American (Coming Jan 14, 2020) THE MISSING AMERICAN, an Emma Djan Investigation in which Washington DC...
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Kwei Quartey
Aug 2, 20192 min read
WHO IS GORDON TILSON?
Who Is Gordon Tilson? Gordon Tilson is an important character in the novel The Missing American, which will be released on January 14,...
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Kwei Quartey
Jul 25, 20191 min read
LETTER FROM GHANA–1
Letter from Ghana I’ve been in Ghana now for just under a month combining books/family/leisure, although I have to say I’ve had little of...
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Kwei Quartey
Jun 30, 20193 min read
THE MISSING AMERICAN
The Missing American When American Gordon Tilson joined the Peace Corps in the 1980s, he went to the country of Ghana for his service....
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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
Feb 4, 20193 min read
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: THE KILLING OF A GHANAIAN JOURNALIST Press freedom is a precious commodity everywhere on earth. On January 16,...
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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
Jun 30, 20184 min read
THE CURSED POOR:MEDICINE IN A WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY
A GLIMPSE INTO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN A WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY The West African country of Ghana continues to show respectable GDP...
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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
Oct 13, 20163 min read
AFRICAN SAFARI–Part 1
My first African safari was when I was a kid. I went to one of the national wildlife parks in Kenya with my mother and brother. We saw...
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Kwei Quartey
Jun 17, 20161 min read
GHANA GOLD
Watch this video by Afua Hirsch, formerly of The Guardian, UK. It gives insight into the new Inspector Darko Dawson novel, GOLD OF THE...
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Kwei Quartey
Jan 16, 20162 min read
REALITY BITES IN THE DARK
I wrote about the on-off cycle of electricity in Ghana in my last post. After arriving in Ghana on Jan 6, the lights in my area stayed on...
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Kwei Quartey
Jan 8, 20162 min read
Travels To The “Dark Country”
The term “Dark Continent” is an antiquated (and to many, offensive) euphemism for Africa that once got veteran NPR broadcaster Jean...
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Kwei Quartey
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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Kwei Quartey
Nov 24, 20134 min read
GHANA GOLD
I was in Ghana during August-September of 2013 to research illegal gold mining, which will be the background for the 4th Inspector Darko...
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Kwei Quartey
Sep 12, 20133 min read
ALL THAT GLITTERS: LEGAL AND ILLEGAL GOLD MINING IN GHANA
During August-September 2013, I was in Ghana researching illegal gold mining in that country as I prepare to write the fourth Inspector...
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