Parted Lovers

Aboso, Ghana: Benibengor Book Agency, 1972. Third Edition. Octavo (20cm); thick pink printed wrappers, stapled; 23, [5]pp. Beginning oxidation to staples, with mild tanning to text edges; Near Fine. Brief parable detailing the anguish that can be experienced by parted lovers. Blay (b. 1911) is regarded as a pioneer of popular writing in Ghana, his dozens of self-published works spanning the colonial and post-colonial periods.