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.

Tyre, Sympathy, and Empathy

Young Tyre Nichols was laid to rest on Wednesday Feb 1. I’m certain that more than 99% of us who viewed a part or the entire violent...

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Feb 2, 20235 min read

What Causes Toxic Masculinity?

What is toxic masculinity? Definitions: Masculine toxicity is a set of cultural and societal norms of masculinity that emphasize physical...

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Jan 17, 20232 min read

Maverick Radio Journalist Walter Turner Interviews Kwei Quartey

Walter Turner of KPFA has interviewed me after publication of every single book in my Darko Dawson and Emma Djan series. Walter is...

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Jan 13, 20231 min read

An Ill Wind--LGBTQ+ Rights In Ghana

LGBTQ+ Rights in Ghana Just as in the US, a wave of vitriol is being directed at LGBTQ+ persons in Ghana. The sources of the castigations...

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Dec 24, 20223 min read

Copy of THE KWEI QUARTEY BOOK CLUB: THE MISSING AMERICAN: Cheat sheet #3

Chapter forty-three After Kafui’s ominous report suggesting that Gordon might have been dumped into the River Volta from the Adome...

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Dec 10, 20228 min read

THE KWEI QUARTEY BOOK CLUB: THE MISSING AMERICAN: Cheat sheet #2

PART TWO Chapter twenty-three Kafui, who lives in a town called Atimpoku, has a newborn who keeps her and her husband up all night. When...

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Dec 5, 20224 min read

Kwei Quartey Book Club

November-December read is The Missing American. The club will meet on Google Meets on December 17, 1 PM Pacific. If you are falling...

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Nov 20, 20229 min read

Halloween--a mixed-up tradition

Like many traditions throughout the year, the meaning of Halloween has morphed over the centuries and lost its original meaning. As most...

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Oct 29, 20224 min read

8 Shades of Evil

Toxic men and the adjectives they deserve I've concluded that the trouble with the world is the men who have lead it into ruin and...

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Oct 11, 20221 min read

Understanding Fetal Development: Heartbeat and Beyond

Exploring the complexities of fetal development and the significance of the heartbeat in the broader context of human growth and...

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Sep 25, 20221 min read

The Body In The Well Beside Me--The final chapter

Percival Sellers led me down rows of musty stacks that made me think of an old library, and then into a relative clearing where he...

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Sep 14, 202210 min read

The Body In The Well Beside Me--Ep 5

Chapter five After running down five flights of stairs, I exited Happenstance Hospital through a side door that opened onto a parking...

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Aug 23, 20226 min read

The Body In The Well Beside Me--Ep. 4

Chapter Four After I cracked my head falling into the well, I suffered what the neurosurgeons told me was a subdural hematoma. They had...

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Aug 6, 20228 min read

The Body In The Well Beside Me--Ep 3

Chapter Three Aaron Muscat Many of the psychiatrists who made up the Happenstance Psychiatry Department would consider their colleague...

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Jul 20, 20227 min read

Roe, Abortion, And The Assault On Women

America’s chilling retreat to the past The Supreme Court joined in the assault of women In a 5-4 decision on June 24, 2022, the Supreme...

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Jul 11, 20225 min read

The Body In The Well Beside Me--Ep. 2

Chapter two John cleaned and bandaged my head on the way to Happenstance General Hospital. As John and his partner unloaded me from the...

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Jun 24, 20226 min read

The Body In The Well Beside Me

A Series by Kwei Quartey One I woke to find myself wet and twisted in the dark. I was shivering, and my head was throbbing. I squinted at...

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Jun 11, 20226 min read

12 Lessons in 12 Years of Writing

Writing is always an exercise in getting better. Authors continuously learn from both good and bad experiences, and from their editors...

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May 26, 20225 min read

I’ve Seen That Movie Before: 10 hackneyed movie tropes

I watch a lot of mystery and thriller movies (I wonder why) and over the years have noticed repeated themes, scenes, and tropes in...

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May 17, 20223 min read

The Victorious KBJ

History in the making The Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson (KBJ) is poised to make history as the first African American woman on the Supreme...

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Mar 28, 20224 min read

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