Accra Noir Edited by Nana-Ama Danquah

Accra is the perfect setting for noir ction. The telling of such tales—ones involving or suggesting death, with a protagonist who is awed or devious, driven by either a self-serving motive or one of the seven deadly sins—is woven into the fabric of the city’s everyday life . . .

Accra is more than just a capital city. It is a microcosm of Ghana. It is a virtual map of the nation’s soul, a complex geographical display of its indigenous presence, the colonial imposition, declarations of freedom, followed by coups d’état, decades of dictatorship, and then, nally, a steady march forward into a promising future . . .

Much like Accra, these stories are not always what they seem. e contributors who pennedthemknowtoowellhowtospinastoryintoaweb…Itisanhonouranda pleasure to share them and all they reveal about Accra, a city of allegories, one of the most dynamic and diverse places in the world.