Stories serve so many purposes. We need them because they document our truths, they magnify our dreams, they teach, they entertain, they inspire. - Peace Adzo Medie

I have to fight for what I want, for what's mine.

Tell the story you want to tell. It's a very simple message but it's really affected my writing in a positive way. I hadn't read any book on Ghana like His Only Wife so I couldn't look at anyone's trajectory of success and say ‘this person wrote a book like this so if I write it, I will have a similar response’. I just knew that this was the story I wanted to tell. You have to believe in the story and trust the book will find its readers and readers will find the book.

Respect is important and something that is very much needed in society, but has been constructed by some to mean submission and self-denial, especially in regard to young women.