RETURN OF THE QUEEN

VOLUME 1

A young ancestral queen of the ancient kingdom of Akansia was renowned in her time for having been the very first wife of a king to have been made queen and given administrative powers. Wives of kings are wives, not queens, so this is unprecedented.
Her hard work and loyalty to the king, the stool and its people soon earn her love and admiration, even from those who initially oppose her.

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Akansia in photos

Ghana

Slave Dunjeon Entrance

Elmina Castle

Elmina Castle was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, so is the oldest European building in existence in suib-Saharan Africa. Elmina is also a picturesque fishing town along Ghana's coast, not far from Cape Coast. It is home to one of Ghana's biggest attractions, St George's Castle.

University Of GHana

Balme Library

The Independence Arch in Accra, Ghana, is part of the Independence Square which contains monuments to Ghana's independence struggle, including the Independence Arch, Black Star Gate, and the Liberation Day Monument.

Aburi Gardens

Aburi

Aburi Botanical Gardens is a garden in Aburi in Eastern region of Ghana. The garden occupies an area of 64.8 hectares. It was opened in March, 1890.

Makola Market

Accra

Makola Market is a renowned market place and shopping district in the center of the city of Accra, the capital of Ghana. A wide array of products is sold in the markets and its surrounding streets, from car parts to land snails.

Accra

Ghana's Capital

Accra (/əˈkrɑː/; Twi: Nkran; Dagbani: Ankara; Ga: Ga or Gaga) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Volta River

Lagest Lake In Ghana

Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area of 8,502 square kilometres.

Groundnut soup

A Ghanaian Food

Ghanaian Groundnut Soup Recipe commonly called peanut soup or nkatie kwan is a sweet and rich soup usually prepared using peanut butter with meat or fish and several ingredients.Groundnuts Soup is a staple food among West Africa. It is a source of protein and healthy fats for the many African across West Africa. Mostly, hot-smoked fish is added to the soup in it preparation.

Palm Wine

Local Ghanaian Wine

Palm wine, known by several local names, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms.

kentey cloth

The Traditional Fabric Of Ghana

Kente (Akan: kente or nwetoma; Ewe: kete; Dagbani: Chinchini) refers to a Ghanaian textile, made of handwoven cloth, strips of silk, and cotton. Historically the fabric was worn in a toga-like fashion by royalty among ethnic groups such as the Ashanti and Ewe. It is also worn by queens, princesses, and women of Dagbon.

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

Ashanti Kingdom, Ghana

The current Asantehene is Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, born Nana Kwaku Dua, who ascended as the 16th Asante king in April 1999.

The golden Stool

Ashanti Kingdom

The Golden Stool is the royal and divine throne of kings of the Ashanti people and the ultimate symbol of power in Asante.

Manhyia palace (original)

Ashanti Kingdom

Manhyia palace (original) where the Ashanti Emperor lived in Kumasi, Demolished by the british army with explosives in 1900

Customary Wedding rights

A Ghanaian Wedding

The Ghanaian traditional marriage sometimes called “engagement” could be a stand-alone ceremony where the process is seen as complete in itself, or it could be followed with a “blessing” or a white wedding. How such a traditional ceremony is performed depends on the tribe the bride comes from, but there are some things that most tribes have in common.

Nightlife In Ghana

Ghana Love to Party

Accra is the place to enjoy nightlife whether highlife, hiplife,kizomba,salsa, with varying options.

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Slave Dunjeon

Elimina Castle

As the dust in the air begins to settle, she realized they were inside what appeared to her to be a dark cave or a long tunnel – a tunnel that also smelled of death. The decomposing smell of whatever had died in there threatened to overpower her entire olfactory system as she moved into the darkness. There were faces everywhere, haunted faces. A gripping fear that was almost paralyzing began to steal into the tunnel. Her heart beat so fast she knew that she too was on the verge of a full-blown panic attack.

Gladys Kodjoe

Inspiring Novelist and Award-Winning Author

Like the rest of the world, Dr. Kudjoe was just going about her life, in Nevada in 2020, when the pandemic hit.
As a healthcare practitioner, she began to feel the weight of the pandemic not just on a daily basis, but every wakeful moment as it dragged on. To escape the heaviness, she started writing poems about how she felt and discovered a deeper, almost therapeutic interest in writing. One poem led to another, then to children’s stories, then to short stories and now two years later, the Trilogy of Akansia.

Book Reviews

What People Are Saying
Freda Ofosu- Mensah

A very engaging, easy read book with amazing plot lines that the writer brings together intelligently at the end. The historical background, the Ghanaian culture on full display and the details of London, I enjoyed reading every bit of it.

APO

Had me at the edge of my seat. I need to see this as a movie!