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The Shrinking Bowl
Young girls in Ghana confront a challenging socio-economic environment. This novel is the story of one such girl’s life-journey, from childhood to middle-age, and the lessons of this journey. It is a sequel to the author’s first novel, Journey.
“A delightful lifeworld weighted with history and almost untouched in African fiction…a world whose veneer of simplicity belies its tangled dark underbelly. The novel deftly combines the solace of familiarity with a mystery of memory and intimacy…quirky and endearing.” – Professor Helen A. Yitah, Dean, School of Languages, University of Ghana (UG) and Honourary Secretary, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences; former Head, Department of English, UG
“This book is a tour de force of its genre; a journey of discovery through a cultural landscape in a fascinating part of Ghana. Difficult to put down even at the end.” – Nana Kwasi Gyan Apenteng, Communications Consultant; former President, Ghana Association of Writers
₵30.00The Shrinking Bowl
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Idia of the Benin Kingdom (Our Ancestories)
Age Range: 4 – 12 years
- Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) – 2021 Winner – Best Books for Young Children
- Wishing Shelf Book Award – 2020 Finalist
- Kidsshelf Book Cover Award -2020 Winner
- Eric Hoffer Award – Honourable Mention (Children’s Category) First Horizon Finalist Grand Prize Short List
“She became a queen, a warrior, the first woman to fight for the kingdom, and the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of Benin.”
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Idia of the Benin Kingdomis an empowering children’s picture book (loved by kids ages 4-12) that takes readers on a beautifully illustrated journey to the 1500s in ancient Africa. Readers are captivated as they watch Idia transform herself from the young and curious daughter of a village warrior to becoming the Queen of the Kingdom of Benin.
Idia was an actual queen who helped rule the ancient kingdom of Benin with her wisdom, charisma, and prowess. Much has been written about her bravery, and artefacts in her image are treasured in museums all over the world.
This book imagines what her childhood may have been like, and shares the story of this well-loved and successful African queen in a way that is relatable to young readers.
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My Nightmare
2018 CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature Finalist“As the taxi drove past shacks, shops and buildings; past familiar homes and friends’ stores; past the salon where I was learning to become a hairdresser; past the spot where I sold waakye with Ima; more tears rolled down my cheeks. Zongo was a slum and was notorious for its filth, criminality, and deprivation; yet, this was where i was born. This was home for me. This was where most of my friends were. Whereas people in other parts of Accra saw filth and degeneration in Zongo, I saw love, hope, and beauty. I knew all the good people in Zongo and they were more than the ‘bad’ people I knew. I knew the honest hardworking people in Zongo, many of whom moved from the North to the South in order to build good lives for their children. People like Baba and Ima who left their birth place to come to the South so that their own children would have a good future. Where others saw Zongo as a den of thieves, I saw it as a safe haven. Nobody in this world could man handle me as long as I remained within the safety of its womb.”₵48.00My Nightmare
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Santrofi Abroad
Santrofi is at it again!
This time, he has been given a visitor’s visa to travel to the UK. As with many young Africans who get the opportunity to travel, Santrofi anxiously anticipates his trip but the realities he encounters question his values, beliefs and physical tenacity…
₵50.00Santrofi Abroad
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Agbe Nye Nusi Nẽwɔe (Eʋe)
The story Agbe Nye Nusi Nẽwɔe is about a wedded couple. They had two children, a boy and a girl. The woman divorced the man and married another man. The children were cared for by their father alone. They grew to become important people while their mother grew wretched. Their mother incidentally came to meet them but they did not know each other; not long their mother died.
₵25.00Agbe Nye Nusi Nẽwɔe (Eʋe)
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Nyame Bɛkyerɛ (Mfantse)
A young man was ousted by his twin-brother. He struggled hard with life, won a fortune and returned home to be more respected than his brother.
₵30.00Nyame Bɛkyerɛ (Mfantse)
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Adela Megblɔa Wo Kata O (Ewe)
The book vividly narrates the experiences of a hunter and perils he went through during some of his hunting expeditions. It further recounts the hunter’s encounter with Small Pox in human form and how the hunter changed into a tortoise and went to the kingdom of animals.
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Ame Aɖeke Menya Etsɔ Me O (Ewe)
Poverty, it is often said, reduces one’s standing in society. This is the theme of the story in this book which vividly narrates how people in a certain village accorded not even the least respect to a couple because they were poor. Nevertheless, they worked hard to support their only son, Semanu, through school.
After school, the boy had a job with a very meagre salary. Through hard work, however, he managed to get to the very top post in his employment. Semanu’s new position had a very great effect on his parents’ position in the society. Eventually, when they passed away, he gave each of them a fitting burial.
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Twer Nyame (Mfantse)
Two maids hated a poor but well disciplined girl,Onnyibi,who was the idol of their mistress. Out of this jealousy,they stole their mistress’ very costly jewel and both bore witness against Onnybi. Onnyibi was deported.
She later defied the order and came back home only to be exonerated by one of the same two maids whose conscience pricked her.When the Chief read their deportation order to them ,Onnyibi rather pleaded for them after all the defamation and hardships suffered including the loss of her mother as a result of the deportation,
₵24.00Twer Nyame (Mfantse)
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Victims of Circumstance
This is the story of an adventure, power, love and a desire for wealth.
The story of a young village man in pursuit of happiness in a city uncertain in character.
Asante had a very promising life as a city dweller selling essential items in small kiosks by the way side. When he decides it is time to marry, he abandons the trade in search of a ‘better life’.
The story unfolds and the events that follow reveal the challenges of city life and travelling.
₵32.00Victims of Circumstance
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Mutilated
Barbara Aseke, a ten-year-old primary school pupil, is brutally circumcised and dies from haemorrhage. Her needless death outrages the sensibilities of many, including Dr. Blankson who is unable to save her life. When, in spite of the tragedy, Dr. Blankson’s wife Sarah, wilfully submits herself and undergoes genital mutilation, she reveals the ethnic and cultural diversity that tears their marriage apart. Dutch missionary, Father Willem van Ruisdeal, concerned organisations, Dr. Yvonne Alhassan, Dr. Blankson and even a subdued Sarah, work tirelessly together to eradicate the harmful and obnoxious traditional practice, particularly in the north of Ghana.
The novel tells in lurid details the harrowing experiences and the suffering of millions of girls and women in Africa and thousands of African immigrants in the Western World.
₵35.00Mutilated
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The ‘Coup’ Makers
Engaging, moving, and very effective, this is the diary of a thirty seven year old widow whose record of the coups through thirty years of independence remains as fresh and immediate as when the author first experienced them. Usually frank, it represents a vivid and convincing picture of the day to day suffering of the people in coups and recaptures the grim atmosphere of the hard and bitter struggle.
₵32.00The ‘Coup’ Makers
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