Amma Darko/Works

Most of her books were first published in a German translation before they appeared in the English original. Some books were not published in English.


 * Amma Darko's first novel is influenced by her German impressions. She has observed the interaction between Germans and Ghanaian immigrants very well.
 * The book is about a young woman, Mara, who follows her husband to Germany, not knowing that he has married a German in the meantime. Though the book deals with serious topics like illegitimate immigration, illegitimate marriage and prostitution, there is never any bitter morality in it.
 * The book is about a young woman, Mara, who follows her husband to Germany, not knowing that he has married a German in the meantime. Though the book deals with serious topics like illegitimate immigration, illegitimate marriage and prostitution, there is never any bitter morality in it.


 * The second novel is a reflection about roots. There are dialogs between a Ghanaian living in German and the German friends around her.
 * The second novel is a reflection about roots. There are dialogs between a Ghanaian living in German and the German friends around her.


 * This is the first book which is completely set in Ghana. The young protagonist, Kesewa; is illiterate. She has to work hard for her parents and brothers and is not able to attend school regularly. In her adult life, she becomes distrustful and envious and causes a lot of trouble.
 * This is the first book which is completely set in Ghana. The young protagonist, Kesewa; is illiterate. She has to work hard for her parents and brothers and is not able to attend school regularly. In her adult life, she becomes distrustful and envious and causes a lot of trouble.

It is the first book that was published in Ghana.
 * This vivid novel is about a middle class woman coming into contact with street children. Those children are living in a part of Accra called “Sodom and Gomorrha”.
 * This vivid novel is about a middle class woman coming into contact with street children. Those children are living in a part of Accra called “Sodom and Gomorrha”.


 * Two stories of women with unfaithful husbands are interwoven. The suspenseful novel touches the subjects of polygamy, still legal in Ghana, and of so-called prophets and religious camps for mentally handicapped people.
 * Two stories of women with unfaithful husbands are interwoven. The suspenseful novel touches the subjects of polygamy, still legal in Ghana, and of so-called prophets and religious camps for mentally handicapped people.