Colfer, Eoin

Summary: "Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life, the same journey their sister set out on months ago. But Ebo refuses to be left behind in Ghana. He sets out after Kwame and joins him on the quest to reach Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. 2018

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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COL

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COL

Thompson, Laurie Ann

Summary: Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YEB

Mensah, Bernard

Summary: Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his power is revealed.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2024

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR BLUE MEN

Quartey, Kwei.

Summary: Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service--the promotion even comes with a (rather modest) salary bump. But he doesn't have long to celebrate, because his new boss is transferring him from Accra, Ghana's capital, out to remote Obuasi, in the Ashanti region, an area now notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines. The assignment will last at...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUA

Taylor, Ebo

Contents: Twer nyame -- Peace on earth -- Atwer abroba.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mr Bongo 1978

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN TAY

Medie, Peace A.

Summary: A seamstress in Gana, Afi Tekple is smart; she is pretty; and she has been convinced by her mother to marry a man she does not know. Elikem is a wealthy businessman whose mother has chosen Afi in the hopes that she will distract him from his relationship with a woman his family claims is inappropriate. But Afi is not prepared for the shift her life takes when she comes to live in Accra, Ghana's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020

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Contents: Gado (3:29) -- Naanigoo (3:20) -- Zambarima-waa (3:02) -- Kulnoli (2:14) -- Damba (3:10) --Gurinsi-waa (2:29) -- Ban nira yelgu (3:06) -- Madadaazie (5:24) --Sikare (4:11) -- Suberima kpeeru (4:14) -- Nayig'-naa zan bundan' bini (2:18) -- Wangarisi-waa (2:07) -- Num bie n-kpan (2:56) -- Kasuan kura (2:39) -- Nantoo nimdi (3:34).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1990

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McFadden, Bernice L.

Summary: "Abeo Kata, a young woman must learn to love and trust again after experiencing the brutality of ritual servitude in West Africa."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCF

Robinson, Peg

Summary: "Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Ghana." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 966.7 ROB

Taylor, Ebo

Contents: Palaver -- Make you no mind -- Abebrese -- Help Africa -- Nyame dadaw.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Fra Fra (Musical group)

Contents: Destiny (orphans) -- You can't escape death -- Naked (you enter & leave this world with nothing) -- Helpless (death has taken everyone) -- Good bye -- I will follow you for life, everywhere -- We must grieve together

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Glitter beat 2020

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN FRA

Angoe, Yasmin

Summary: "Stolen from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe, she gets plenty of chances. But while on assignment in Miami, Nena ends up saving a life, not taking one. She emerges from the experience a changed woman, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. Tasked with killing a man...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2021

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Ayisoba, Albert

Contents: Africa needs Africa / (feat. Wanlov da Kubolor & Big Gad) -- Wekana / (Feat. Zea) -- 1000 can die / (feat. M3nsa & Lee "Scratch" Perry) -- Grandfather song -- Depagara / (feat. Orlando Julius & Zenabu) -- Wine lange / (Feat. Sakuto Yongo) -- Anka yen tu kwai / (feat. Atinbila & Steven Anaho) -- Yalma dage wanga -- Ndeema.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Makkum Records 2017

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Contents: Okin omo ni = The king of the children (I.K. Dairo) -- Maa Jo (King Sunny Ade & his African Beats) -- Funky hi-life (C.K. Mann) -- Asiko (Tony Allen) -- Neribalankina (Captain Yaba) -- Fuji shuffle (Adewale Ayuba) -- Bra ohoho (E.K. Nyame) -- Joromi ; Monkey Yanga (Sir Victor Uwaifo) -- Day by day (E.T. Mensah) -- Matutu Mirika (Eric Agyeman) -- Oyolima (Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe) -- Fakye Me...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2002

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Contents: We be no machine (3:44) -- Mr. Ali (0:16) -- Yenimno (5:12) -- Material microdots (0:26) -- Heynolsay (4:47) -- Digital timeline (0:28) -- Fire (5:13) -- Makoma (feat. Wiyaala) (3:35) -- Smoke screen (1:34) -- Nipa bi (4:15) -- Free up (feat. Morena Leraba, Spoek Mathambo & Syntax) (3:34) -- Safari a muziki (Feat. Pendo & Leah Zawose) (5:31) -- Gamashie choice (feat. Afla Sackey) (0:37) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ONI