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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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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...
Kwei Quartey
Mar 2, 20171 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Feb 22, 20172 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Oct 18, 20164 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Oct 13, 20163 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Sep 25, 20162 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Jun 17, 20161 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Apr 24, 20162 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Apr 10, 20161 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Jan 16, 20162 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Jan 8, 20162 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Apr 22, 20153 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
May 11, 20143 min read
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PICTURE TOUR OF A DEEP SEA OIL RIG
After landing at the West Leo oil rig, we had a safety briefing in the heli admin lounge. That’s SOP for any arriving crew. Then I was...
Kwei Quartey
Feb 17, 20141 min read
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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....
Kwei Quartey
Jan 3, 20141 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Nov 24, 20134 min read
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ALL THAT GLITTERS: ILLEGAL GOLD MINING IN GHANA–Chapter Four
A WOMAN, CHILD AND DOG WALK PAST A PIT MINE IN AN AREA THAT WAS ONCE FORESTED (Photo Kwei Quartey) Environmental Devastation The pit mine...
Kwei Quartey
Oct 18, 20134 min read
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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...
Kwei Quartey
Sep 12, 20133 min read
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