Jumia Books Ghana Must Go book

British-American author Taiye Selasi’s debut novel, Ghana Must Go (2013), touches on themes of parental inadequacy and the kind of shame that would drive a man to abandon his family for fear of appearing inadequate in their eyes. The narrative continues in this vein to examine what happens to children after they are abandoned and how they each come to terms with the events in their own ways.

Although some of his children barely remember their father’s presence, nevertheless, it rattled them to grow up without him. The Sai family mourns their father Kweku Sai, struggling to come to terms with his death while working their way through various family issues.