• Reflexions (Hardcover)

    In this book you should expect to see approximately a hundred poems with illustrations of their corresponding artworks.
    I have published this literature piece to bring out to my readers the primary ideas behind my works, involve them in my thoughts and make them feel part of the painting.
    By reading this book, readers will learn to put meaning to artwork whiles appreciating its visual beauty too.
    So, unwind, grab a glass of something and look through the leaves of Padiki’s reflections.
    Mere words do not make up poetry.

    Reflexions (Hardcover)

    450.00480.00
  • It Wasn’t Exactly Love: Stories from the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop 2012

    A selection of participants from the 2012 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop come together in this delightful collection of 13 stories that tell of humans and human relationships. ‘Be Happy’ chronicles a woman’s journey to contentment in a marriage she has settled for. An adolescent is faced with a shocking reality while attending a Catholic boys’ school in ‘A Taste of It’. In ‘An Autodidact’s Guide to Sex-Ed’ a woman contemplates the right time to introduce her children to sex. Domestic violence is explored in ‘You Take Me for a Goat’. ‘Ladies Night’ tells of the escapades of a middle-aged married man in the city of Accra.

    This collection of short stories dazzles with its simplicity and resonance. It Wasn’t Exactly Love is a profound journey into the ties that bind us.

  • A Handful of Dust: Stories from the 2013 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop

    In this collection, 19 stories speak of the myriad struggles faced by contemporary Africans. ‘Aderoye’ tells the tragic story of a life lost to tradition. A cult collects its due in ‘Pink Soap’. ‘The Little Things’ captures life in a typical Nigerian general hospital. A budding paedophile struggles with his basic urges in ‘Fighting Temptations’. In ‘A Handful of Dust’ a gay teenager struggles to find acceptance from his family.

    From the participants of the 2013 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop, A Handful of Dust aptly portrays the internal conflicts we suffer when the lines dividing opposing sides blur.

  • Rose and the Burma Sky

    A gripping and intimate historical novel of a black soldier’s experience in the Second World War – a rare and moving tale of love and sacrifice.

    One war, one soldier, one enduring love

    1939: In a village in south-east Nigeria on the brink of the Second World War, young Obi watches from a mango tree as a colonial army jeep speeds by, filled with soldiers laughing and shouting, their buttons shining in the sun. To Obi, their promise of a smart uniform and regular wages is hard to resist, especially as he has his sweetheart Rose to impress and a family to support.

    Years later, when Rose falls pregnant to another man, his heart is shattered. As the Burma Campaign mounts, and Obi is shipped out to fight, he is haunted by the mystery of Rose’s lover. When his identity comes to light, Obi’s devastation leads to a tragic chain of unexpected events.

    In Rose and the Burma Sky, Rosanna Amaka weaves together the realities of war, the pain of first love and how following your heart might not always be the best course of action. Its gritty boy’s-eye view brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.

  • Wake Me When I’m Gone

    Everyone says that Ese is the most beautiful woman in the region, but a fool. A young widow, she lives in a village, where the crops grow tall and the people are ruled over by a Chief on a white horse. She married for love, but now her husband is dead, leaving her with nothing but a market stall and a young son to feed.

    When the Chief knocks on Ese’s door demanding that she marry again, as the laws of the land dictate she must, Ese is a fool once more. There is a high price for breaking the law, and an even greater cost for breaking the heart of a Chief. Ese will face the wrath of gods and men in the fight to preserve her heart, to keep her son and to right centuries of wrongs. She will change the lives of many on the road to freedom, and she will face the greatest pain a mother ever can.

    Wake Me When I’m Gone is a story of curses broken, and lives remade, of great tragedy and incredible rebirth. In this, his second novel, Nigerian writer Odafe Atogun unfolds a world rich with tradition and folklore, a world filled with incredible people of remarkable strength, a world that is changing fast.

  • The Cabal

    Bako Thomas lives a solitary life, a calm centre in an increasingly unstable world. The City outside his apartment is sliding towards a dystopia as a fuel crisis holds citizens to ransom. He is down to his final chance with Avé, his girlfriend of two years, and his relationships with his neighbours, The Law, Gebu and Mimi is fraught with anxiety and tension. When a tragedy forces him to go on the run, he soon finds himself being roped into the murky world of politics and corruption he thought he had left behind for good.

    The Cabal

    125.00
  • Names

    Adwoa (A-joa) comes home from school upset. Mom learns Adwoa’s name was mispronounced again, but this time in front of the entire school. Mom knows it is hard to say some names and even she, has struggled sometimes.

    Mom and Adwoa talk about what to do when someone says her name incorrectly. Thoughtful, kind people in the world will want to practice saying a name because behind that name is a real, breathing, living person.

    All proceeds will be donated to the R&F Foundation Ghana.

    Names

    70.00
  • She Wasn’t The Gold After All

    She Wasn’t The Gold After All is based on a true love story. The author shares a story of a young man who was caught in the web of a “cunning woman” he met on Facebook.

    The young man, thinking he had found a treasure in a Good Samaritan in the most awkward way while he was not expecting it, ended up with the worst disappointment and heartbreak, leading to a divorce that changed his perspective about life, love and people.

  • The Storm: Her Faith, Womaning & Writing

    Poetry emerged in the wake of this crucial point of my life— shedding off and learning a different perspective to life, building resilience despite the deliberate efforts of life to tear me down, and realising my full potential. An awakening of sleeping voices in my heart, of hidden strength in my bones, an unearthing of gifts I didn’t know I held in my hands. An awakening that birthed these words. — Perfect Koka

    The excitement of most journeys lies in the destination; but for some special journeys, the beauty lies in the journey itself. Perfect’s poetry anthology is a journal of many journeys through her evolution and growth. This is more than a book of poems. — Elsie Dickson

    It’s commendable how the consistency of the central theme is maintained throughout. It speaks of the focus of the writer’s journey. Overall, it’s the story the poet’s life, written from personal experiences, views on her journey of life and societal menace. The poems speak of her identities – and give flesh to these identities. You feel touch and interact with them as you move through the pages. It’s interesting experience reading through her writing, faith, and womaning. Great works — Ebenezer Kojo Sarfo (Eben Ace)

  • Euphoric Living: A Unique, Interactive Guide to Self-Empowerment from a Certified Coach

    Euphoric Living is the greatest guide to self-empowerment. For those ready and searching for it, this ride is just for you. Based on compelling modern science, this eye-opening, action workbook utilises the Power of Positive Affirmations – a brilliant self-help practice that clears the mind and opens a whole new world of opportunities. This practice is a great revelation and may stun you with remarkable wisdom that you never contemplated before. I hope this book doesn’t bring about change but profound transformation and inspires you to take care of your well-being, the well-being of the people around you, and the well-being of our extraordinary planet. I am confident that you will find clarity in your mind, a better understanding of humanity, and a new love to save the Earth.

    This decade is a time for new beginnings and new victories. So, dear friends, welcome to Euphoric Living—a new realm of appreciating yourself. Let’s embark together—on a complete soul upgrade!

    Get ready. You are in for a treat.

  • Cherished Dreams (Pacesetters)

    Sande has a dream, or is it a nightmare? As a child in Uganda, growing up in a changing and often dangerous world, it is hard to believe in dreams. Sometimes he finds himself grasping them, sometimes they are ruthlessly trampled underfoot. Will he ever realize the dream he cherishes?

  • Secret Blood (Pacesetters)

    John Daka, once a detective in the Republic Force, has set up business as a private investigator. Business is slow until a white businessman makes him an offer he can’t refuse. A beautiful woman, Ruth Chandos, is missing, believed kidnapped, and Barton is prepared to pay a lot of money to find her. In the search for Ruth, it seems to Daka that no one is what he or she claims to be. When he finally finds Ruth, Daka also finds trouble of the worse kind.

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