Fiction
Sunday
A wry, observant short story that begins with one question: why go to church today?
Inside Issue 001
Stories, poems, and art from Ghana.
January—June 2026 · A Ghanaian Cultural and Literary Magazine
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction Kofi Akpabli
What Is Right With Akpeteshie?
A closer look at Ghana’s best-known local gin, the stories around it, and why it has endured.
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Poetry
As I Grow Older
Kofi Anyidoho reflects on memory, childhood, and learning to return to innocence.
Art & Society
Omi Dwin
A work by contemporary artist Baaba Sarpong, inspired by identity, language, and healing.
Art & Society
On A Spell of Good Things
Cristalina Parra considers how objects carry traces of the past into the present.
Art & Society
Miniimiii
Another vivid work from Baaba Sarpong’s collection of paintings rooted in Effutu identity.
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Words and ideas from Ghana
The Quotable Ghanaian
“We take pride in the name Ghana, not out of romanticism, but as an inspiration for the future.”Kwame Nkrumah
“For we live in a time when someone must keep this kind of vigil, so that everything which passes does so before his eyes.”Efua T. Sutherland
“The spirit of freedom resides in the collective will and struggle of a people.”Kofi Anyidoho
Issue 001 · January—June 2026
The Gourd
Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, art, and ideas in a Ghanaian cultural and literary magazine.
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