Once upon a time in the history of Ayalolo country, the changing of rulers happened as though the right to rule could be purchased at the market. I thought...
Author - Kabu Okai-Davies
Kabu Okai-Davies is an African-Australian playwright, novelist and poet from Ghana. He is the author of Long Road to Africa, Curfew’s Children and Evidence of Nostalgia and Other Stories. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing - UC. He is currently a Visiting Fellow in Writing - School of Arts and Humanities at ANU and the 2015 Alumni Award Winner for Excellence, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra. (Editor: Dr. Okai-Davies passed away on February 17, 2017, after a battle with cancer. He was a good friend of Africanwriter.com).
In an age of political correctness, is it possible to really write the truth? Is it possible for writers to really write what they actually think without fear...
It was the hottest month of the year, a day of hope, at the midnight hour of national anticipation. On that chosen day, a voice announced to the world the...
In launching the groundbreaking work, The Souls of Black Folks, in 1903; W.E.B. DuBois, the great African-American historian and scholar, pointed out that “the...
When the question is asked: What is fiction? Literary scholars tend to answer by theorizing on the critical ideas that writers use to explain the nature of...
In reflecting on my career as an author, I have come to the realization that autobiographical writing has always been the substance of my literature.” However...
In March 2016, I participated in the tenth annual Bookworm Literary Festival in Beijing, my third visit to China. During my previous visits I travelled beyond...
At first it was a whisper. Then tears started trickling down the faces of the women like droplets into a bucket. Soon many crying voices flooded our street. It...
The following is a chapter from Kabu Okai-Davies’ upcoming “book of memory”, The Archaeology of Memory. —————— By the age...
Below is another chapter from Kabu Okai-Davies’ upcoming “book of memory”, The Archaeology of Memory. ——————————- As I grew up in Adabraka or should I say, as...
Below is the first chapter of Kabu Okai-Davies’ upcoming “book of memory”, The Archaeology of Memory...
“Spring is here with us,” Ingrid said. I agreed with her that the twilight sun paints the receding sky with a magenta colour that reminds her of the last day...