Voicing African Voices

Author

Augustine Brempong

Augustine Brempong was born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1988. He is currently a professional teacher and pursues a degree in English Language at Valley View University, Ghana. At an early age, he developed an immense interest in storytelling, an interest by aroused by the folktales his mother used to tell him and his sisters especially on moonlit nights. He believes that this helped him a great deal to become a good storyteller. To his mother too, he says, must be attributed his fair knowledge in the history of the Akan people. The King’s Wages is his first play.

Drama Literature

The King’s Wages

by Augustine Brempong

Containing hints of political satire, {The King’s Wages} is a play that seeks to unmask the wicked absurdity of getting power at all costs.…

The mission of Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group (Langaa RPCIG) is to contribute to the cultural development and renaissance of Africa. This is achieved by conducting research, providing training in research and writing, and publishing and promoting African scholarship and creative writing. Langaa, not set up for monetary profit-making, is supported by founding members and other contributors, financial grants and efforts of volunteers. Langaa is physically located in Bamenda and Buea (Cameroon), although its members and volunteers operate from different parts of the world. So far, Langaa has published over 500 titles, mainly on Cameroon, but also on other African countries like Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Outstanding scholars and ordinary people familiar with the Cameroonian and African context provide editorial guidance. Each manuscript is systematically reviewed before a publication decision. Peer reviews, reader reports, and editorial changes are stored as evidence of the rigour of Langaa ’s processes.