CITY · GHANABooks set in Accra
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9 books · 6 authors · 1964–2020
9 books here
Most-set authors
Ayi Kwei Armah (3) · Ama Ata Aidoo (2) · Peace Adzo Medie (1) · B. Kojo Laing (1) · Kwei Quartey (1) · DK Nnuro (1)
Genres
literary fiction (6) · romance (1)
Books set here
Set in Accra (9)
Changes: A Love Story
Ama Ata Aidoo
urban women Accra contemporary
Fragments
Ayi Kwei Armah
Baako returns alienated returned traveler
His Only Wife
Peace Adzo Medie
Afi's new home after arranged marriage; independence and modernity in the capital
Search Sweet Country
B. Kojo Laing
Sprawling, chaotic Accra in 1975: interconnected Ghanaians across class and magic
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Ayi Kwei Armah
Post-independence Ghana (Accra) where an unnamed railway clerk resists corruption in 1965-66
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Ayi Kwei Armah
railway clerk post-independence Accra
The Missing American
Kwei Quartey
Accra, Ghana, internet scams and private detective Emma Djan
What Napoleon Could Not Do
DK Nnuro
Ghana, Jacob's life and immigration struggles
The Dilemma of a Ghost
Ama Ata Aidoo
Ato family home Cape Coast region
Notable locations in Accra
Legon, Accra1