Accra Noir
Accra is the perfect setting for noir fiction. The telling of such tales-ones involving or suggesting death, with a protagonist who is flawed or devious, driven by either a self-serving motive or one of the seven deadly sins-is woven into the fabric of the city's everyday life . . .Accra is more than just a capital city. It is a microcosm of Ghana. It is a virtual map of the nation's soul, a complex geographical display of its indigenous presence, the colonial imposition, declarations of freedom, followed by coups d'état, decades of dictatorship, and then, finally, a steady march forward into a promising future . . .Much like Accra, these sto…
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Weitere Autoren: Addo, Ernest Kwame Nkrumah (Beitr.) / Anyetei, Gbontwi (Beitr.) / Attah, Ayesha Harruna (Beitr.) / Bossman, Anna (Beitr.) / Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua (Beitr.) / Danquah, Nana-Ama (Beitr.) / Dawes, Kwame (Beitr.) / McTernan, Billie (Beitr.) / Chléirigh, Eibhlín Ní (Beitr.) / Ocansey, Kofi Blankson (Beitr.) / Sackey, Anne (Beitr.) / Smith, Patrick (Beitr.) / Twum, Adjoa (Beitr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-913175-21-4
- EAN: 9781913175214
- Produktnummer: 36195492
- Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Über den Autor
Nana-Ama Danquah was born in Accra, Ghana, and raised in the United States. She is the author of the memoir Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression, and the editor of three anthologies: Becoming American, Shaking the Tree, and The Black Body. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have been widely anthologized, and she has written for numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers, including Essence, Allure, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. University. She has taught at Otis College of Arts and Sciences, Antioch University, Los Angeles, and the University of Ghana, Legon. She splits her time between Accra and Los Angeles.
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