IaThere is no sweetness in your goneEven considering all that you’ve doneFrom the day your ink was born…to death’s fierce conI stand at the same place of your confused ghostTo ask if I should call your name in thanks on the coast…or through land’s queer hostAnd I sigh IbRemembering AnowaThrows showers on Our Sister KilljoyShowing […]
As a hero goes home…through a beautiful journey in his most fertile state than loamLet not your hearts, in despair, roam IbThere are no tears nor fears…needed to accompany one whose life deserves cheersIn this here world and beyondWhen his accomplishments are now part of nature’s bondBill was one such person IIHe lived like an […]
Fɔntɔnfrɔm!Mpintin!Atentenben!Dondo!Funtɔn pintini tenten don don don don kon gon gon gon gon gon!Funtɔn pintini tenten don don don don kon gon gon gon gon gon!Funtɔn pintini tenten don don don don kon! IbPositive and negative may act day and nightAnd can be stronger together to power lightPositive thinking can act engine to drive our nationSo […]
It is hard to find multilayers of thematic explorations using a major character who gives bits of her heart to minor characters while she fights her battles skillfully. Cecila’s Ashawo Diaries is storytelling meddled in art, obviously, science and a game of the protagonist. Daring diary entries with erotic sprinkles, gripping and sustaining, which depicts […]
I have known the writer for over a decade. She is zealous towards unearthing the ills of society. I describe her as the ‘perfect role model of today’s world’. I am not surprised she took this bold step to write this story. Though bold for our traditional society, l am of the view that she […]
A thrilling page-turner. Amoafowaa is fluid in narration, and succinct in description. – Rebecca Obuobisa-Darko, Personnel Officer, Ga East Municipal Education Directorate. Ashawo Diaries is a D’Akpabli Publication. Cover Credit: Nene Buer Boyetey II. Book due in June 2020. For pre-orders (which start on 25th May 2020) contact via WhatsApp or call: +233 24 5275 […]
Ashawo Diaries raises queries on why young girls should experience sexual abuse in a cultural context like Ghana where children are valued, moral standards are held high and sexual discussions silenced. – Dr. Georgina Yaa Oduro, Director, Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), University of Cape Coast. Ashawo Diaries is a D’Akpabli Publication. […]
Agbogboloshie has always been well known in contemporary mainstream Ghanaian circles, but not much of the vibrant market and wetland was heard outside of Ghana. The place however attained global notoriety at the turn of the millennium when it became known as a “digital dumping ground.” In addition to receiving e-waste from mainly western sources, […]
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