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.

Feb 27, 20195 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,...

Feb 4, 20193 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...

Jul 23, 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...

Jun 30, 20184 min read

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 Writers

Jul 29, 20174 min read

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...

African Writers

Jul 15, 20175 min read

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....

Jul 4, 20171 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...

Jun 14, 20174 min read

A UNIQUE PLACE TO STAY

If you’re ever in Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city, make it a point to stay at the Four Villages Inn. FVI is an unique bed and...

Apr 28, 20172 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...

Mar 4, 20171 min read

DEATH BY HIS GRACE–THE VIDEO

On or around Saturday, March 4, 2017, the trailer for the fifth Inspector Darko novel, DEATH BY HIS GRACE, will premiere. It will hint at...

Mar 2, 20171 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...

Feb 22, 20172 min read

AFRICAN SAFARI–Part 2

The first piece of information I learned quickly from Alhassan, who is a pleasant, avuncular man, is that this part of the year, the tail...

Oct 18, 20164 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...

Oct 13, 20163 min read

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...

Sep 25, 20162 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...

African Murder Mysteries

Jun 17, 20161 min read

PLAYTIME IN AFRICA

Every so often, one comes across an extraordinary endeavor that must be talked about and given prominence. This one appears in my...

Apr 24, 20162 min read

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...

African Murder Mysteries

Apr 10, 20161 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...

Jan 16, 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...