Tales from My Motherland

About the Book

After so many years of waiting, will the prophesy of a popular faith healer and an elder of a charismatic church, Papa Kwamena for Akosua Mansa and Agya Mensa from the village of Akim- Manso in Ghana be fulfi lled? “Tales from my motherland” will take the reader to the people of Ghana—to their traditional settings, their cultural heritage and beliefs, to the unifying force and the communal spirit of the people in Akim-Manso. The story describes how Akosua Mansa moved to Agya Mensa`s home after their wedding ceremony and their success in farming and commercial activities as cocoa farmers and as local food restaurant operators. It fi nally concludes with how their marriage was blessed with a baby boy who grew up to become a great scholar, after many years of waiting. The story tries to expose the totality of the culture and tradition as well as everyday beliefs of the people in that village of Akim-Manso in Ghana touching on their traditional farming activities,weddings, festivals, the practices of a fetish priestess and a medicine-man, funeral celebrations etc.

About the Author

The author was born on the 12th of March 1965 in Ghana and became a teacher at Akenkausu local authourity Junior Secondary School and also at New Life Junior Secondary School at Achimota,Accra after his ordinary and advanced level education at Nsaba Secondary school and at Sekondi College. He was a regular contributor to the print media and the Ghana broadcasting corporation before leaving for Germany in the nineties. He is married to Susanne, a German, and has a son by the name of Nana Yaw. The author is currently an employee at Somfy in Rottenburg. His hobbies are reading, writing and gardening.