Zaya Yeebo is a Journalist, Essayist, political analyst and Development Communications expert. Zaya is the author of several essays and books on Ghana and Africa on Governance, Development Communications, Pan Africanism, Elections and African Exile Movements.
Zaya worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kenya, Action Aid (the Gambia), and Minority Rights Group (London). He has been involved in the politics of exile Movements.
Zaya served as Secretary (Minister) for Youth and Sports in the revolutionary era PNDC (Provisional National Defence Council) regime in Ghana in the 1980s.
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The Butchers of Ogyakrom and Other Short Stories
The Butchers of Ogyakrom is a collection of short stories dating back to the 1980s when Ghana was under the grip of a violent military dictatorship. Who are the real “Butchers in Ogyakrom” and what do they deal in?
This collection deals with turbulent times in the history of Ghana, particularly the abuse of political power by military rulers. It also deals with the ailments that afflict a neocolonial African country in the era of IMF-led structural adjustment programme (SAP).
What drives a nation’s rulers to seek the help of a devious and ambitious soothsayer? Who’s responsible for the numerous midnight abductions, murders and disappearances in Ogvakrom?
What happens when a Prince ignores his father’s advice and joins forces with poor peasants fighting to defend their land? What does a mother do with a child who is half-snake, half human? Can the Catholic priest save this child?
The stories employ candour, historical honesty and humour to take a swipe the at some of Ghana’s most recent (mis) rulers in times of crisis. It is bound to generate a keen interest, and, of course, controversy.
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