Ivor Agyeman-Duah Books

The most extensive bi-lingual Twi Proverbs Dictionary published since JG Christaller's book was first published in 1879. Kwame Anthony Appiah's introduction demonstrates how these proverbs can be interpreted within the tested and contested theories of meaning and literary production to show how they compare with philosophical musings from ancient Greece to England. An invaluable collection of over 7000 proverbs that speak to the nuances of Akan and Asante life, thought, belief and social organisation.

A fascinating account, in two volumes, of John A Kufuor's journey from Oxford-educated lawyer to Ghana's Deputy Foreign Minister at 30, detention, emergence as leader of the Opposition's New Patriotic Party and subsequent election as President in the first democratic elections in nearly 40 years of military intervention & dictatorships. It also reflects on Ghana's history as the first country in Africa to achieve a successful transition of power from one administration to the other thus pointing the way to more democratic structures and accountability.

The first book of critical essays to combine the expertise of political leadership with economic, creative, environmental and academic analyses by examining the continuing developmental challenges and opportunities facing African development in the 21st century. Africa is a continent on a pilgrimage to stabilise and renew partnerships with the developed and developing world. Includes analyses from the Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, former Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor and Architect Elsie Owusu among others.

Essays in Honour of Wole Soyinka at 80, edited by two award-winning African writers, is a celebration of the literary life of Wole Soyinka at an important stage in his life. The volume provides the most extensive anthology ever produced on Africa s first Nobel Laureate in Literature and features 30 essays with a foreword by the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku. Diverse aspects of his life are reflected in six themes that also documents the literary and cultural histories of West Africa from the 1950s to the present day.