Welcome

INTRODUCTION

The Volume III of our poetry anthology series Nkyinkyim, ‘Turning and Twisting We Come Out Right’ was launched  on  the  27th  October 2024,  as part of our 5th Anniversary celebration. The book is also our contribution to the Accra UNESCO World Book Capital 2023 celebration.  as part of our 5th Anniversary celebrations.  The  Accra World Book Capital is to promote reading and to boost the creative and publishing industries. 

Nkyinkyim is the Adinkra symbol for journeying through life’s twists and turns, it’s highs and lows, the plenty and scarcities, the nights and days, and how through that process, we become; we come out just right, as unique individuals with something uniquely outstanding to offer the rest of the world. 

Each person is uniquely endowed and important. When we refrain from being overly judgemental of ourselves and others and rather, strive to mutually enrich, support and anchor one another on life's journeys, we succeed together. It is also important for us to allow our own challenges, our life lessons, knowledge, skills and experience be easily accessible as resource to others on their own twists and turns so that they could turn easy and bend rather than break when they have to twist in challenging times.

The symbol of Nkyinkim is depicted by twisting lines that turn into a set of upright pillars. The symbol is thus, a reflection of the experience of the many winding pathways of life.

We worked with 31 creatives selected to interact and collaborate through 'writing to exchange' with interactive inputs from the series editors Gameli Tordzro and Maysura Asher Farzia. The volume’s theme is on Nkyinkyim: ‘Turning and Twisting, We Come Out Right’. 

Selected poets are  linked to interact with one another through responding to, each other’s writings with new pieces for the Anthology. The volume will be published as part of the 5th Anniversary of AdinkraLinks in September 2024. 

Dr Gameli Tordzro, 

Founder and Editor-in-Chief