Ghanaian author Nana Acheampong launches 3 books

 A Ghanaian author and a lecturer at the African University of Communi­cations and Business (AUCB), Nana Acheampong, has launched three new books in Accra on Monday.

The books, ‘The Mystery of the Treasure Keeper’, ‘A Taste of the Serpent’s Kiss,’ and ‘One Stone, One Bride, and a Zombie.’

‘The Mystery of the Treas­ure Keeper’ examines the life of an African immigrant in the United States, delving into the cultural shifts and person­al struggles that come with relocation.

‘A Taste of the Serpent’s Kiss’ offers a critical reflec­tion on Ghanaian governance, making a bold case for politi­cal revolution and structural reform while ‘One Stone, One Bride, and a Zombie’ presents a more philosophical narra­tive, centred on the idea that the events in our lives are not always the result of our ac­tions but may be consequences of the actions of others.

Reviewing the book, the Co-founder of Writers’ Project of Ghana, Dr Martin Egblewog­be, described ‘One Stone, One Bride, and a Zombie’ as ‘bold telling’ of a Ghanaian story.

He said the structure of the story is complicated and needs time to understand what the writer was talking about but beyond that “I feel that there is a bold strategy that he used. The storytelling is unusual and layered.”

He mentioned that the sto­ry explores the middle class in society and tries to probe into what they are and the kind of life they live outside the public eye.

According to Dr Egblewobe, the book was set on the period after the 1981 coup d’état and said there were a lot of political upheavals within that time. He further described the narrative as very rich.

Nana Acheampong said the books were part of a tranche of his upcoming book series, adding that copies would be launched every three months.

He mentioned that the books launched were a reflec­tion of the society and called on Ghanaians to purchase them.

 By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu