Afena ne )w) (The longsword and the snake)
In the year 2500, Ghana declared an all-out war against crime. To achieve this, the military, intelligence agencies and the police service were integrated into one formidable body known as...
Rahul was a 16 year old boy. And was studying in the last year of his school. As of then his progress in studies was good. He was always among first 10 students of his school. But he never was 1st & that used to hurt him. His parents Rohit and...
'For years, they have polluted the earth, with their poisons and slowly drained her lifeforce. Did they not think that they would face judgement from Asaase Yaa (Earth goddess)? Did they not realise that she would make them suffer for their...
In the not-so good old days, kakai (monsters) roamed the land, devouring entire villages when they felt like it. Humans cowered in fear of their raids. Even those who tried to appease them with offerings of their best cattle and farm produce were...
When one is faced with several opponents in a dark forest on a muddy footpath, there are two options. Fight or flee. Supi Ami did not believe in fleeing. So as nineteen of )konore's priestesses charged at her, she unstrapped the ekyem from her...
The transfer took place in earnest. Soon the Tufohen found herself in a large cell underneath the palace. She heard a strange scratching sound beneath her and then the ground beneath her exploded outward. The gong rang out across the palace as...
There weren't many sacred groves left in Cape Coast. The meteoric rise of high rise buildings had seen to that. There were only three of such groves left, reserved for the religious, the weary and eventually the very old.
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Nayele heard the commotion outside and got up from the raffia mat in her cell. Asomasi, the leader of the asafo's drummers removed a key from his pocket and unlocked the cell.
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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...
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...
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.
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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...
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...
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 heat of the afternoon sun, Saada, a farmer was tending to her crops when three shadows fell across them. She lifted her head to see her parents and the local priestess. The priestess swung her ritual staff across her face, felling her....
As the three mbrewanananom got separated in the confusion, the 'fog' partly cleared and Adwoa found herself face to face with Akos, Antwiwaa. Adisa faced Serwaa and Ama noticed Aba the abrewanana osuani blocking her path. The two osuani attacked...