Accra Noir

"Superb . . . Each story reaffirms how fundamental 'place' is to the noir genre and how the locale shapes the story as much as the characters themselves . . . Strongly recommended." --Library Journal

"There's good writing as well as a strong sense of place and culture, and the reader will absorb a side of Accra that doesn't make it into the tourist brochures." --New York Journal of Books

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.

Brand-new stories by: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Kwame Dawes, Adjoa Twum, Kofi Blankson Ocansey, Billie McTernan, Ernest Kwame Nkrumah Addo, Patrick Smith, Anne Sackey, Gbontwi Anyetei, Nana-Ama Danquah, Ayesha Harruna Attah, Eibhl?n N? Chl?irigh, and Anna Bossman.

From the introduction by Nana-Ama Danquah:

"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'?tat, decades of dictatorship, and then, finally, a steady march forward into a promising future . . .

"Much like Accra, these stories are not always what they seem. The contributors who penned them know too well how to spin a story into a web . . . It is an honor and a pleasure to share them and all they reveal about Accra, a city of allegories, one of the most dynamic and diverse places in the world."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
Published: 12/01/2020
ISBN: 9781617758898
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/26/2020
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2020
Library Journal 12/01/2020 pg. 66
Shelf Awareness 12/29/2020