Edmund have lost everything. He’s fired from the company he is working as a graphic artist. He has no money left, he has nowhere to go. His friends left or abandoned him. His girlfriend for 3 years left him to go with another man. He doesn’t...
The time was 7:00 pm. The place was Akoo, a new nightclub in the city of Cape Coast, Ghana, where the attack had taken place. An attack that had left half burned bodies in its wake. The medical unit of the asafo companies were attending to the...
Long back a man was treated very badly, because he was not financially sound. He was born in a decent family but poor.Poverty was a guest, in his life. One of the cause of poverty in his family was due to the mismanagement.
Sufferings in...
Baaba unhooked her spear and then flung it at a kakai's neck, banishing it completely. Baaba then walked towards the spear, but then sensed an intense killing intent. She rolled to her left as the blade of a spear ripped through the air, striking...
Words are very powerful indeed. This can be a sword that can hit someone's heart and can cause wounds that will never be cured. A careless person would know only once it is done where taking it back is no longer possible, whilst a person in mind...
Baaba waited that night for all the physically capable asafo to enter the laboratory. Kuukua noticed that the roof had slid open.
'This is how we are going to get to the kakai world' she began. 'This entire laboratory has been...
Kuukua , Efua and Baaba swung at Sum from all sides but she blocked their attacks, and sidestepped their subsequent attacks with ease. Asabea let off three arrows each striking the three kakai who were with Sum in the neck and ordered the other...
Two figures walked in silence towards the town park. The night guard shuffled wearily to his feet, recognised the Supi and without a word, let her and Baaba in. 'We'll be here till 6:00pm Kuukua said softly. 'See to it that we're not...
Kuukua stumbled backwards and struck the ground with her weapon, keeping her balanced. She took a deep breath and exhaled even as the kakai lunged at her and at the last moment, moved her shoulder in the path of the blade. Her spear pierced the...
The second she arrived there, Baaba felt all the kakai's eyes on her. She nearly took a direct kick in the head as she raised a machete to block a kakai
Baaba and the kakai faced each other silently, even as scores of wounded asafo lay on the ground around them, including the Supi. Baaba sped towards it and swung her akofena at its neck, before it could even think of blocking. Enraged, it swung...
That morning, Efua slashed one kakai in midair, breaking through its defenses and banishing it before it touched the ground. Another kakai slashed several asafo with its serrated spear. It took down two more asafo and let off several steel...
It was a dark, stormy night. At the Supi's request, Baaba had joined the night patrol since the beatdown she had delivered that afternoon had not gone unnoticed. After hours of running, they came face to face with the kakai, who were heading...
The next day, Baaba found herself in the hut of the priestess of the asafo. Ordinarily, she would have stayed away but Kuukua had told her that receiving counselling once a month was compulsory for every asafo in their village.
...
It spun in midair and swung the other foot at Kuukua but she blocked the blow with her machetes. However the force behind the blow was too great and she was sent flying back. She thrust her spear into the ground, halting her flight. She noticed...
At midnight, Kuukua and Baaba talked about Baaba's vision.
'So they are coming to kill you?'...
Asabea struggled to steady her heartbeat as the four armed kakai moved menacingly towards her. Five arrow length steel needles erupted from its fingertips and flew towards her but Efua swung her machetes, blocking the attack.
The...
On a cold, rainy day, the Supi, head of all the asafo companies in the city and a tall, dark schoolgirl entered the Sunyani High School building.
In the SHS Form 2A classroom, the Supi watched quietly as the girl wrote down a...
‘It was another hellish morning of asafo fighting kakai, the next day. A particularly skilled kakai had beaten most of the asafo of the 1st Asafo Company on its own. Now it turned its attention to Baaba and darted towards her. She let loose...
'Prepare to engage’, Kuukua ordered. Armed to the teeth with bows and arrows, akofenas and afowatsenas(long swords with two or three blades on one hilt),spears and machetes, they rushed to a clearing where kakai had again gathered that night....
There was once a flog who liked having fun just sitting around and enjoying warmth of the sun as it hit his skin. He had no worries whatsoever. Then one day, a wise friend came to him and said, "Instead of just sitting around, why don't you come...
For three rainy days, Akumaa had not been seen at home.
Concerned, Sena set off for the training grounds. Soaked to the skin, she reached the grounds only to find Akumaa seriously training. She struck every raindrop falling near...
In the biggest forest of Saadakrom, under it's largest Odum tree, stood three women. Kneeling in the middle of them was a young girl.
It's founder, Saada held a calabash of white powder, which she sprinkled on the head of the...
[This is a folk tale]
Now, this is a major part of the Malacca history but no, it’s not about boring dates and unfathomable facts and bizarre ancient names, no. In fact, this is an interesting tale of how Malacca got its name....