Accra noir
Call Number
- MYSTERY ACCR (CEN)
Publication Information
Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2020]
Physical Description
269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Series
Summary
"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 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."--From the introduction.
Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: One day for master. Chop money / Shape-shifters / Moon over Aburi / Fantasia in fans and flat screens / Part II: Heaven gate, no bride. The Labadi Sunshine Bar / The driver / The situation / Part III: All die be die. Intentional consequences / Tabilo Wucfc / When a man loves a woman / Part IV: Sea never dies. Kweku's house / The boy who wasn't there / Instant justice