Bøker av Robert Peprah-Gyamfi

Kofi Mensah, a seven-year-old, Year 2 primary schoolboy growing up in the little village of Kookookrom in Ghana, could hardly believe his eyes at the sight of a strange couple emerging from a vehicle that had just pulled to a stop in the middle of his village. Out of curiosity, he decided to draw nearer to look at them. The strange-looking humans had, in the meantime, headed for the foodstuff stalls built by the villagers to offer crops harvested on their farms for sale to occupants of the vehicles driving through the village.As Kofi stared at the strangers, he could hardly imagine his little knowledge of the English language would play a vital role that day and help them purchase the foodstuffs they desired.Kofi thought that was the end of the matter, but no. Indeed, a strange set of circumstances led to a series of meetings, culminating in an extraordinary encounter in the capital, Accra!

As a way of helping his class improve their writing skills, the class teacher of eight-year-old Kofi Mensah, a year three primary school boy growing up at Kookookrom, a little village in Ghana, asked her class to write out the line 'Misfortune rarely comes alone' ten times. Was it a way of preparing Kofi for his day of multiple poor luck? It could be the case for not long after the writing exercise; the little school boy lived through a day in which he experienced one adversity after another.As he woke up on that day, no sign pointed to anything unusual-on the contrary, the day started on a bright note, with clear blue skies and the ever-present African sun shining brightly. In the end, however, it turned out to be a nightmare day, a day Kofi earnestly prayed and hoped would never repeat itself. Join little Kofi as he takes you through the series of mishaps that he experienced on his gloomy day.

SYNOPSIS In Legacy Africa, an elderly African has a chance meeting with two teenagers of African descent on the street of London. On his invitation, the three meet at a pizzeria to deliberate on some of the issues facing the continent.

As he lay in his sickbed in Loughborough in the English Midlands in April 2020, battling COVID-19, the author, a medical doctor, brooded over various issues, including the never-ending misery of his native Africa.In what can be described as an extraordinary extraterrestrial visitation, he is suddenly transposed into the past, back to his junior doctor's days in Germany. He finds himself driving in his car through the little German town.Stadtoldendorf, 70 kilometres to the southwest of the city of Hannover, on his once weekly home-visit rounds to patients unable to attend the Family Doctor's practice for various reasons.After driving along the familiar roads displaying the familiar scenery of a typical developed western European town for a while, the scene suddenly changes. Instantaneously, he finds himself driving along a dusty road bounteous in gaping potholes through a thick jungle. Just at the outskirts of a settlement, his journey is brought to an abrupt end by a puncture.To his amazement, he recognizes striking similarities in the shapes of the heads of residents who poured into the street to come to his aid with the outline maps of various African countries.Follow the extraordinary development as he is called upon to cure a mysterious condition afflicting one of the most prominent residents of the community.A remarkable narration, a political fiction extraordinaire.

Across Europe, the Christian Faith, which in previous times formed the bedrock of society, is in decline. Indeed some have even begun, as it were, to sound the death knell of European Christianity. In Christ for Post-Christian Europe, Dr Peprah- Gyamfi, a Christian doctor and native of Ghana, feels deeply saddened by the steady decline of European Christianity since his arrival on the continent 40 years ago and seeks in his little way to rekindle the dwindling Christian flame threatened with extinction. Apart from fulfilling his Christian duty, he sees his undertaking as a return match of sorts-paying back to their ancestors the debt of gratitude he owes to the European missionaries who brought the Gospel to his native Africa.

It is part of the Kiddy Kiddy Books Series. The series follows the life of Kofi Mensajh, a young bot growing up in Kookookrom, a little village in rural Ghana. On his way home from school, Kofi and his two mates were surprised by the onset of rain. The scene of the three schoolboys walking in torrential rain moved the driver of a vehicle passing by to pull to a stop to offer them a lift. Little did the generous driver imagine his kind gesture would bring him into conflict with the police. Indeed, not long after he resumed the journey, he was stopped by the police, who accused him of carrying more passengers than was allowed by law.The police officer extorted money from the driver before allowing him to resume his journey.Did the Police officer ever imagine his behaviour would be challenged by a fearless young boy travelling on the vehicle, a challenge that nearly cost him his job?

Having been blessed with two boys, the loving couple in the little village of Kookookrom in Ghana wished for a girl. They would be disappointed, for their next child turned out to be yet another boy. And what a baby boy he was! Right from the beginning he seemed be in a hurry. Indeed, at birth, he emerged so swiftly from his mother''s body, that his astonished mother just managed to catch him before he could drop onto the bare ground!As if the surprise of the sudden birth of the little baby was not enough, to the amazement of his parents, when he began to scream, they noticed there were four teeth already growing in his mouth!What other surprises did this truly Baby in a Hurry have in store for his family and the world around him? You are invited, dear Reader, to find out for yourself!

Over a period of six months from July 2011, the author, a medical doctor, wastormented by sudden attacks of a mysterious disease. The weird symptoms left conventional medical science wanting. But what disease condition is too big for Doctor Jesus, the Doctor who knows no bounds?Warding off Demonic Attacks in Jesus' Name is an amazing testimony of how the author received healing and strength through prayer. It is an astonishing testimony of divine intervention in our time-a testimony that will surely inspire the Christian soldier in the war against the principalities, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, indeed against spiritual wickedness in high place

The story of Africa's struggle for independence has often focussed on the key figures in the independence movement, figures like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Patrice Lumumba of the Congo, Nelson Mandela of South Africa, etc.Left out in the discussion is the proverbial common man on the street - the ordinary citizens. What did they think about the prospect of self rule? Did each one of them favour the idea? Even if they universally supported the concept of independence, has anyone ever gone back to find out from them if indeed independence has met their aspirations and expectations?TWINS DIVIDED aims to address this issue.Set in rural Gold Coast (now Ghana), the riveting narrative revolves around the identical twin brothers, Panin and Kakra, residents of a small town in the Asante territory of the Gold Coast.The story begins in November 1946, with the return of Kakra to the Gold Coast after his abduction and forceful recruitment into the Royal West African Frontier Force to fight on the side of the 'Empire' in World War II. He survives a series of fierce battles both in East Africa and Burma. On his return home, he begins to agitate for immediate independence for the Gold Coast.Panin, Kakra's twin brother, on the other hand calls for a cautious approach, holding the view that the mainly illiterate population, made up of several ethnic groups with differing languages, traditions, culture, religious beliefs, population groups which prior to the advent of the Europeans were constantly warring against one another, was inadequately prepared for self-rule.As the two brothers follow developments in post-independent Ghana from their respective pre-independence perspectives, they provide a fascinating commentary on the changes that took place - changes that this book dramatizes for the reader who, in a sense, becomes a witness to the conflicts, the military take overs, and the final achievement of multi-party democracy.Since Ghana was the torchbearer of Black Africa's struggle for independence, the commentary of the two main characters on the country's independence experience may well be seen as a microcosm or mirror of the development of Black Africa as a whole.

Words of encouragement; words that seek to spur us on in the battle of life—these are words we often need. From the young believer in Christ to the veteran in the Faith, we all need and yearn for words to boost our spirits and urge us on as we begin each day anew on the battlefield of life.That is exactly what the daily devotionals contained in this book seek to achieve. Though written with Christians in mind, everyone is welcome to draw inspiration from them. The author, a medical doctor, illustrates his uplifting exhortations with enlightening analogies from his childhood memories in Ghana and his considerable medical experience. 

In Say No to Substances of Addiction, the author, a medical doctor, andhimself a father of three teenage children, considers some of thefactors that can lead to addiction, offers tips as to how one canovercome them and goes on to explain in a language accessible to theaverage reader the chemistry behind some of the common substancesinvolved and the health hazards they pose to the consumer, inparticular those addicted to them.

This is a health education manual with a difference! First, it is clearly written, in a friendly and easy to follow manner that will make it invaluable for the layman who does not have a full understanding of how the human body functions, to come to grips with the essential causes of diseases and medical cures. The writer, himself a medical doctor, often writes from the perspective of his own early background in a rural village in Ghana, and, indeed, for anyone growing up in an African context, this book will be a wonderful guide to better health. Then again, this book is unique in so far as it is addressed largely to the Christian reader. The writer's explanation of the nature of disease makes abundant sense, tracing, as he does, its origin to the fall of man in Eden,where the Creator made everything perfect and saw that "all was good". From a medical and Christian point of view this book will advocate a lifestyle that will best serve the reader to prevent disease, for prevention is always better than cure! And where a cure is needed, the right mental attitude, not forgetting the unlimited power of prayer, is probably the most important resource.

In this interesting and absorbing book, the author, who overcame adversity growing up in the humble surroundings of his little village Mpintimpi in rural Ghana to qualify as a medical doctor, graduating as he did from the prestigious medical school in Hanover, Germany, recounts his secondary school days as a boarder. For young readers the book is invaluable, providing unlimited encouragement by a writer who himself overcame apparent insurmountable difficulties in his educational career. Mature readers, too, will find many memories stirred, memories to make them laugh and even, perhaps, shed a tear of remorse. They will find in this book echoes of the trials, tribulations and joys of their own schooldays, for human nature is the same wherever we are brought up. Many of these readers will surely relate to the tribulations of initiation ceremonies and traditions when they joined a new school or even a new university. And then what student did not sit up late through the night to undertake mental 'mining' expeditions the night before an exam? There is a whole range of memories like these that will be evoked in this book. The book is a source of encouragement for the young, but will be read with a great deal of pleasure and nostalgia by older readers.

What a world we live in! Whereas in some places residents have to fight hard to resist the temptation not to overfeed themselves, at other places people are threatened at best with malnutrition, if not starvation.In this readable and entertaining book, the author, who came from Ghana to become a medical doctor in Germany, sets out to highlight some of these inequalities as he attempts to compare and contrast the simple and communal lifestyle of a traditional African society with the sophisticated and egocentric one he found in Western society. Addressed to his mother in her final battle with death, and sent through a fictitious courier, it attempts, among other things, to give her, a woman who spent all her life in a typical African countryside, an idea of the things she would have seen and experienced on a visit to her son resident in the northern German city of Hannover.The book is an invaluable guide for anyone from a developing country who for the first time visits or wishes to settle in the West; but it will also be read with keen interest by people in the West wishing to know more of traditional African society.