• All About Ama (Hardcover)

    Age Range: 2 – 5 years

    Read All About Ama as she points to and names different parts of her body.

    Illustrated with colour photos, this short, simple concept book, though developed by Kathy Knowles for an African readership, should also have a North American market as nothing in the photos, including the background, situates the book geographically. The concept with which the book deals is that of the body’s principal parts, including the number of each. The book’s narrator, Ama, who is a very cute little girl, begins at her head and simply works her way down to her two feet, before pointing out, almost as an afterthought, “I have LOTS of hair.”

    All About Ama, with its tight, brief text, is a fine book for parents to use with their youngsters as they learn the names of body parts. Just 18 cm high by 16 cm wide, the book is also the perfect size for young hands to hold.

    An excellent home purchase for toddlers, All About Ama deserves a place in all libraries serving preschoolers.

  • Ebony Girl

    2018 CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature Finalist
    Sometimes, all you need to do is to face your fears with an ashen face and unblinking eyes.
    Not able to contain the tantrums thrown at her due to her ‘unusual’ skin colour, hair texture and height, Asabea’s parents do what they think is best for her — send her to a place where she will fit in. Asabea’s fury and sorrow deepens, not at those who taunt her but with her parents.
    Too angry to fight anymore, she finds solace in her grandmother and a sea of others who challenge her to defy her fears and see the world through a different lens.

    Ebony Girl

    45.00
  • The Trouble with Nigeria (African Writers Series)

    The eminent African novelist and critic, here addresses Nigeria’s problems, aiming to challenge the resignation of Nigerians and inspire them to reject old habits which inhibit Nigeria from becoming a modern and attractive country. In this famous book now reprinted, he professes that the only trouble with Nigeria is the failure of leadership, because with good leaders Nigeria could resolve its inherent problems such as tribalism; lack of patriotism; social injustice and the cult of mediocrity; indiscipline; and corruption.

  • The Adventures of the Asuogya Gang

    Suitable for JHS students and children between 12 and 15 years

    Kwame Danso was a typical African village boy who could neither read nor write, but he was a very intelligent boy indeed.

    He tried very hard to become a member of The Asuogya Gang but failed. He however got to know some of the secrets of the gang, thus getting himself into some uncomfortable and dangerous situations…

  • Serwah: The Saga of an African Princess

    Serwah — tall, elegant, strong-willed and having the kind of beauty which inspire songs — uses wisdom to win her prince. Owusu – handsome and the heartthrob of every girl, a breaker of hearts, finally meets his match in Serwah, whom he desperately seeks to conquer. Can the love of two strong-willed royals survive the upheavals of true love?

    The novel is full of remarkable insights into some cultural practices including naming ceremonies, betrothals, marriages, funerals, and the installation of chiefs in Ghana.

  • My Yadah – Flavours of 50 – Ace Anan Ankomah

    Ace writes music and plays several instruments but calls himself “just a sporadic songwriter and music hobbyist.” He is an Associate of the pioneering, contemporary gospel music group, Joyful Way Inc. and served as its Director of Music & Productions for several years, having a hand in every album produced by the group since 1991.

    Flavours of 50: My Yadah is his first music album.

  • Bookset: The Trial of J.J. Rawlings & Ogyakrom: The Missing Pages of June 4th (2 books)

    Two prolific writers, brothers. One tumultuous period in Ghana’s history. One significant personality.
    Same perspectives or different? Get this set and find out.

    About the Trial of JJ Rawlings

    The Trial of JJ Rawlings narrates the extraordinary circumstances under which a young military officer Flt Lt JJ Rawlings, later to become the longest serving Head of State of Ghana, shot into the limelight to change the course of Ghana’s history and political development.The first edition of the book, originally published in 1986, completely sold out within a year, making this second edition very welcome in response to public request.

    This volume is a valuable contribution to our understanding of those ineluctable forces that have changed the contours of our society. Surely, the story of JJ, well told in this volume, cannot fail to grip and hold the reader’s most concentrated attention. – Prof F.A. Botchwey, PhD

     

    About Ogyakrom: The Missing Pages of June 4th

    The present volume represents landmarks within 22 months of Yankah’s weekly column in The Catholic Standard, from January 1979 to March 1980. It is inspired by topical issues in two military regimes (General F Akuffo’s SMC 2, Rawlings’ June 4th Revolution) and one civilian government (Hilla Limann’s PNP). This compilation altogether allows a veiled peep into the most turbulent period in Ghana’s political history, Rawlings’ June 4th Revolution, including preceding events and the aftermath of the Revolution. In the words of Dr Anthony Bonnah Koomson, Editor of The Catholic Standard at the time of Yankah’s celebrated column: “The book captures a momentous era in Ghana’s immediate political history, reminiscences of which the author has sough to recreate and preserve with phenomenal linguistic skill. It presents, through satire, an accurate heartbeat of a people under intense political paralysis.”

    This book makes compelling, even if hilarious, reading on Ghana’s enigmatic June 4th Revolution.

     

  • Grandpa, Who Is Kakai?

    Age Range: 6 – 9 years

    Who is Kakai? He comes in the night if children are naughty. No one ever sees him.

    This is a simple story which children will find fun to read. The language of the story presents the young reader with a variety of descriptive words and examples of the present, past and future tenses used in everyday conversation.

  • Rosewood

    Age Range: 8 – 10 years

    In front of Mr Dongo’s house on the hill are two identical tall trees.

    For years, the trees provide shade and protect the house.

    Mata, the youngest girl in the family decides to name the trees, Twin Trees.

    One day, two men from the city meet Mr Dongo and persuade him to sell the trees for a large sum of money. The family agree except Mata…

    Rosewood

    30.00
  • The Akans of Ghana: Their Customs, History and Institutions

    Supremacist historians have tended to give slanting presentations to African history as mere accounts of conflicts and wars between tribes.

    The author, deploring the situation – and agreeing with the African proverb that “until lions have their own historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter” – embarked on the work of the role of the African Historian.

    In this book he provides basic background information about Ghana in the first chapters and utilizes the remaining to:

    1. Identify the Akans among Ghanaians

    2. Discuss Akan Kingdoms, past and present and

    3. Treat the Akan cultures (their way of life) from procreation, through marriage to death as well as their religion.

    The book is targeted at:

    i. Akans who wish to be reminded about their heritage so that they do not lose their 1dentity in the fast moving world.

    ii. Non-Akans (including foreigners) who seek to learn about the Akans.

  • Choices: Memorable Short Stories

    Choices is a set of memorable short stories of young people. It has practical situational dilemmas you can easily relate to as you enjoy the stories. The choices these young people made determined their destiny. Make a good choice now.

  • Respect: Everyday Values For Sunday School Children

    Maame became a disrespectful girl after she befriended a group of naughty girls in school. She was suspended from school for misbehaving. Her god- mother spoke to her about God’s commandment on respect. She regretted her actions and resolved to be the respectful child she used to be.

    Everyday Values for Sunday School Children is a collection of short stories on 10 values that every growing Christian child should imbibe. Each story shows the involvement of Christian parents in inculcating values in their children. It is the prayer of the author that this book will be a blessing into every home it finds its way into.

  • The Last Bath: A True Story

    Age Range: 8 years and above

    The Last bath is a true story of slavery and emancipation based on the sequential murals painted by the Ghanaian artist Obeh. Obeh completed a series of murals in 2016, that illustrate real-life experiences had by some Guamanians who were captured and enslaved. The Donkor Nsuo (Slave River) is in the ancestral river park located in Assin Manso, a town in the Central Region of Ghana.

    Obeh is an artist from Assin Manso, Ghana. He was chosen to paint this series of murals to tell the history of enslavement to emancipation, as it occurred in Ghana. Completed in 2016, his portrayals depict some of the unforgettable horrors of the slave trade.

  • Flashcards: Numbers and Counting in Ga (20 cards, Ga)

    This product is the third in the Ga series, after Ga Phonics and Shapes & Colours in Ga.

    Each card has a number of objects on one side and on the reverse side the right number, corresponding to the number of objects on the flip side, written in both figure and word forms.

    This product is designed to introduce the learner to Numbers in Ga and to practise counting in a very pleasurable manner.

    The use of flashcards is most effective and even enjoyable when there is parental guidance.

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