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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.
* {{cite book
| first = Amma
| last = Darko
| title = Beyond the horizon (Der verkaufte Traum)
| origyear = 1991
| year = 1995
| publisher = Heinemann/Schmetterling-Verl.
| isbn = 978-0435909901 <A href='www.pickitisbn:978-0435909901'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>
| oclc = 32140941
}}
*: 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.
* {{cite book
| first = Amma
| last = Darko
| title = Spinnweben (Transl.:"Cobwebs"; no English version)
| year = 1996
| publisher = Schmetterling-Verl.
| isbn = 978-3926369178 <A href='www.pickitisbn:978-3926369178'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>
| oclc = 75680141
}}
*: The second novel is a reflection about roots. There are dialogs between a Ghanaian living in German and the German friends around her.
* {{cite book
| first = Amma
| last = Darko
| title = Verirrtes Herz (Transl.:"Stray heart"; no English version)
| year = 2000
| publisher = Schmetterling-Verl.
| isbn = 978-3896571199 <A href='www.pickitisbn:978-3896571199'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>
| oclc = 76169080
}}
*: 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.
* {{cite book
| first = Amma
| last = Darko
| title = Faceless (Die Gesichtslosen)
| year = 2003
| publisher = Sub-Saharan Publishers/Schmetterling-Verl.
| isbn = 978-9988550509 <A href='www.pickitisbn:978-9988550509'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>
| oclc = 53250489
}}
*: 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”.
It is the first book that was published in Ghana.
* {{cite book
| first = Amma
| last = Darko
| title = Not without Flowers (Das Lächeln der Nemesis)
| origyear = 2006
| year = 2007
| publisher = Sub-Saharan Publishers/Schmetterling-Verl.
| isbn = 978-9988647131 <A href='www.pickitisbn:978-9988647131'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>
| oclc = 180230315
}}
*: 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.
==Literature==
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  | first = Vincent O
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  • Odamtten, Vincent O (2007). Broadening the horizon : critical introductions to Amma Darko. Ayebia Clarke. ISBN 9780954702380 <A href='www.pickitisbn:9780954702380'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>. OCLC 67375557.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Broadening+the+horizon+%3A+critical+introductions+to+Amma+Darko&rft.title=Broadening+the+horizon+%3A+critical+introductions+to+Amma+Darko&rft.aulast=Odamtten&rft.aufirst=Vincent+O&rft.date=2007&rft.pub=Ayebia+Clarke&rft.isbn=9780954702380 <A href='www.pickitisbn:9780954702380'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>&rft_id=info:oclcnum/67375557"> 
  • Leitmeir, Petra (2004). Amma Darko - Interkulturelle Literatur in Deutschland (Transl.: "Amma Darko – Intercultural Literature in Germany?"). GRIN Verlag. ISBN 3638285723 <A href='www.pickitisbn:3638285723'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Amma+Darko+-+Interkulturelle+Literatur+in+Deutschland+%28Transl.%3A+%22Amma+Darko+%E2%80%93+Intercultural+Literature+in+Germany%3F%22%29&rft.title=Amma+Darko+-+Interkulturelle+Literatur+in+Deutschland+%28Transl.%3A+%22Amma+Darko+%E2%80%93+Intercultural+Literature+in+Germany%3F%22%29&rft.aulast=Leitmeir&rft.aufirst=Petra&rft.date=2004&rft.pub=GRIN+Verlag&rft.isbn=3638285723 <A href='www.pickitisbn:3638285723'><img style='border: 0px none' src='https://www.citavi.com/softlink?linkid=findit' title='Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen'/></A>"> 
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