Nii Ayikwei Parkes

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Photo: Francesco Gattoni

Winner of multiple international awards including Ghana’s ACRAG award and France’s Prix Laure Bataillon, Nii Ayikwei Parkes is the author of Tail of the Blue Bird (novel) and The Makings of You (poetry). He is currently working on a crowd-funded collection of short stories, The City Will Love You (2018).

Azúcar by Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Leeds, UK. Peepal Tree Press. 2023. 196 pages. Longing doesn’t just make the heart grow fonder. Desire makes it grow in every direction and back again. We look beneath rocks, pursue c…
The Power of Normal: Exploring the Notion of Story Structure

May 2018
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
photo: three-shots/pixabay As readers, we all carry prejudices, but acknowledging a wider range of normals makes the difference between “I don’t understand your normal” and “I refuse to…
Meshack Asare in the Pantheon of Ananse

January 2016
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Meshack Asare, Kathy Neustadt, Josh Hankin, Tess Hankin, and Nii Ayikwei Parkes. Photo by Merleyn Bell. Parkes read the following tribute at the banquet honoring Meshack Asare as the 201…
What to Read Now: Migration Narratives

July 2012
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Whether seeking upward mobility, pursuing adventure, or escaping war, the characters in these migration narratives unsettle myths and demonstrate how geographic shifts impact everything from ident…