Darko believes in logic, though he has some anger management issues.
beliefs and traditional way of life. However, Darko also finds the case bringing him closer to home as he begins to suspect his aunt of lying about events both present and past. Black Writers (including African-Americans), Find books by time period, setting & theme, Read-alike suggestions by book and author. Full access is for members only.
He wished he could start over again. Visitors can view some of BookBrowse for free. Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy. A trokosi who is caught trying to escape is forcibly returned to the shrine from which she fled. The death of a young woman has prompted a request for an "expert" detective, guaranteed to set on edge the teeth of the local police. This "beyond the book article" relates to Wife of the Gods. Information at BookBrowse.com is published with the permission of the copyright holder or their agent. abolishment comes from those who view the change as an attack on their religious
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I love you, little Darko.
1999 Reebok Human Rights Award. ). Dawson is a complex character who seems to combine the 'good cop, bad cop' in one person. Paperback:
Pearl's mother, Winnie Louie, has called Pearl up to request that Pearl ask her daughters to attend the engagement party of Pearl's cousin Bao-Bao in San Francisco. The local inspector believes it to be an open-and-shut case and arrests a suspect. No similar edition of this title was found at DCPL.
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The main character is Darko Dawson, a police officer in Accra, Ghana. I don't know. She believed that immigration to California would relieve her of the many secrets and deceptions that helped her deal with her crisis-filled life in China. The author provides lots of local colour of Ghana through description and local vernacular (a glossary of words is provided as an appendix). If the priest dies, the trokosi is passed on to his successor. To avoid the wrath of the spirits, the fetish priest may instruct the family to provide a very young virgin girl (generally eight to fifteen years old, but sometimes younger) to the shrine as a slave to the gods.
Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu, and in addition to solving a recent murder, discovers the shocking truth about his own mother's disappearance. Kwei Quartey gives us portraits of each character with all their flaws and talents as well as their setting in Ghana. The trokosi tradition is part of the traditional fetish belief system, in which gods or spirits reside in ritual objects and in the shrine priests. A measure of her importance was her posthumous veneration at Thebes, where later pharaohs were depicted offering to her as a goddess among the gods.
He is sent to a village to investigate the murder of a medical student volunteering as an AIDS educator. Those girls who are released are shunned, as it is believed they will bring misfortune on those who harbor them.
I look forward to reading the next books in the series and hope it will be a long series. This article relates to Wife of the Gods. Darko doesn't really want to go to this specific place, as 23 years before, his mother disappeared there on a visit to her sister. selling mats, with all proceeds going to support the priest and the shrine.
(p. 258-9). He turned as Boateng's soft voice invited him back in. There are no summaries for this title yet. I learned so much about the Ghanian culture in this book.
Wife of the Gods refers to a practice in Ghana known as trokosi.. A trokosi is a young girl who is given to the village priest, also known as a fetish priest, to atone for a perceived sin committed by a family member; the custom is basically a form of sanctioned slavery.
the King) with her voice'.
would offer women to the war gods in exchange for victory and a safe homecoming. World Wide Religious News
This aspect of the story was excellent. An original debut novel set in Ghana, is the story of Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, who is sent from the big city to the village of Ketanu to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker.
Digital audiobook performed by Simon Prebble. Darko soon realizes that Gladys may have made powerful enemies in the local priest by resisting the tradition of brides given to him and the local healer who may have a cure for AIDS that Gladys was trying to steal. The families of the trokosis are required to pay for the upkeep of their enslaved children and provide maintenance for any children born to them; the children, in turn, belong to the priest as
There's a lot of potential going for this book and I hope that it will be fulfilled as the series continues. A trokosi is a young girl who is given to the village priest, also known as a fetish priest, to atone for a perceived sin committed by a family member; the custom is basically a form of sanctioned slavery. Dr. Quartey's talent for description drew me into the story. BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. An edition of this book was published by Tantor Media. Filed under Places, Cultures & Identities. Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.
Again, it's hard to tell. The murder of a lovely young pre-med student brings out the worst in many, as the area is still highly superstitious, and some people believe in witchcraft as well. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our. 'Do you want to drink some water?'
I was glad to be able to quickly find this first in the series. Still, it continues without much opposition from law enforcement, with approximately 5000 trokosi still enslaved in Ghana. Go to magazine. Aid groups such as International Needs Ghana (who freed Juliana Dogbadzi) are helping to free and rehabilitate trokosi, providing education and vocational training. I will always love you. Great who done it. © BookBrowse LLC 1997-2020. Defenders of the practice see it as an effective means of
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The problem I had was that it's a standard police procedural once you strip away the setting. Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu, and in addition to solving a recent murder, discovers the shocking truth about his own mother's disappearance. I began with a later book in the series, but I prefer to begin at the beginning. D.I. "He stood in front of the crumpled house and watched people going about their daily business. Search:
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Dawson doesn 19t follow the same line of thought, and would rather pursue a different direction to find the actual killer. United Nations
'No, thank you, Mr. Boateng,' I don't deserve water." Wife of the gods : an Inspector Darko Dawson mystery.
Warning: May contain spoilers. The Kitchen God's Wife opens with the narrative voice of Pearl Louie Brandt, the American-born daughter of a Chinese mother and a Chinese-American father, who is a speech therapist living in San Jose. Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info, and giveaways by email. slaves and are known as trokosiviwo.
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