Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery Series

In Kwei Quartey’s Wife of the Gods, Ghanaian police inspector Darko Dawson observes a village ceremony: “As Dawson watched and listened, he saw in action the Ewe people’s long-held fame for the drumming tradition . . . unmatched by anything [he] had seen before.” I’ve seen the Ewe people’s drumming tradition in action too.  In…