5/13/2023 0 Comments Wife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyHe practices medicine in Pasadena, California, and had only returned to Ghana a year before publishing the novel. The novel was written by Quartey, whose mother was African-American and father Ghanaian, having lived in the United States for many years, after spending much of his youth in Ghana. The title of the novel comes from a loose translation of that term "wives of the gods". Much of the plot focuses on the indentured servants of these "witch doctors", known as the trokosi. Focusing on a detective, Inspector Darko Dawson, as he investigates the murder of a medical student in a remote area of Ghana, the author shows the conflict between scientific medical knowledge and the prominence of traditional healers. First published in 2009 by Random House, it is his debut novel. Wife of the Gods: An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery is a Ghanaian-American detective novel by doctor and novelist Kwei Quartey.
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