kweiquarteyAug 2, 20218 minTravels in Niger: Part One How the West continues to tarnish an African nation The basics The Republic of Niger is named after the Niger River. Bordered by Benin,...
kweiquarteyJul 18, 20214 minTravels in Nigeria--Part TwoI'm writing this blog in Niger, having left Nigeria. At the moment I'm in Agadez, some six hundred miles from Niamey, the capital, so...
kweiquarteyJul 10, 20213 minNigeria: The Good and the Bad--Part OneMy next novel, LAST SEEN IN LAPAZ, scheduled for release in June 2022, tackles the very difficult and, quite frankly, heartbreaking...
kweiquarteyJun 8, 20214 minLET THE TRAVELS BEGIN (AGAIN)Now fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine, I am once again ready to travel, and this season will be a busy one. Of course, it was...
kweiquarteyMay 8, 20212 minIn Praise of Multitasking MothersMother's Day is a celebration of our mothers, motherhood, and the maternal bonds that form us from conception really. We have Anna Maria...
kweiquarteyMar 31, 20211 minYaa Asantewaa and the War of the Golden StoolMarch was International Women's History Month, so on this final day I'm just in time to scrape under the wire to introduce a remarkable...
kweiquarteyMar 23, 20214 minThe Food In My Novels: Part TwoIn 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...
kweiquarteyMar 3, 20213 minFOOD, GLORIOUS FOODWhen I joined Soho Press and wrote my first draft for MURDER AT CAPE THREE POINTS, whenever I mentioned a particular meal indigenous to...
kweiquarteyFeb 16, 20215 minEdgar Allan PoeTHE MISSING AMERICAN (Book photo: Kwei Quartey; background, Enchanted Garden at Edgar Allan Poe by Alfred Wekelo/Shutterstock) On January...