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Supi Ami: Chapter 4
by safohen
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...
Supi Ami: Chapter 5
by safohen
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...
Supi Ami: Chapter 3
by safohen
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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Supi Ami: Chapter 2
by safohen
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.
...
Supi Ami: Chapter 1
by safohen
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: Chapter 15
by safohen
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: Chapter 14
by safohen
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...
- Mar, 6 2015
- Adventure Fiction Science Fiction
Baaba: Chapter 16
by safohen
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...
Baaba: Chapter 13
by safohen
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...
Baaba: Chapter 12
by safohen
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...
Baaba: Chapter 10
by safohen
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: Chapter 11
by safohen
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...
Baaba: Chapter 7
by safohen
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...
- Mar, 5 2015
- Drama Fiction Science Fiction
Baaba: Chapter 5
by safohen
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...
- Mar, 5 2015
- Drama Fiction Science Fiction
Baaba: Chapter 4
by safohen
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.
...
- Mar, 5 2015
- Drama Fiction Science Fiction
Baaba: Chapter 9
by safohen
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...
Baaba: Chapter 6
by safohen
At midnight, Kuukua and Baaba talked about Baaba's vision.
'So they are coming to kill you?'...
- Mar, 5 2015
- Drama Fantasy Science Fiction
Baaba: Chapter 8
by safohen
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...
Baaba: Chapter 1
by safohen
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...
- Mar, 5 2015
- Action Drama Science Fiction
Baaba; Chapter 3
by safohen
‘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...
- Mar, 5 2015
- Action Drama Science Fiction
Baaba: Chapter 2
by safohen
'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....
- Mar, 5 2015
- Action Drama Science Fiction
Saadakrom: Chapter 3
by safohen
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...
Saadakrom; Chapter 2
by safohen
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...
Saadakrom: Chapter 1
by safohen
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....
Ashorkor: Chapter 1
by safohen
Centuries after Naa's exploits, empires crumbled, kingdoms fell and Abotri ke Tahuumo was almost forgotten. Almost. On 1st January, 2014, the city of Nkran (Accra) experienced a heavy downpour with lightning flashing across the afternoon sky....
- Mar, 5 2015
- Drama Historical Fiction