Akosua Adebra Darko

The Black Honeybee Akosua Adebra Darko

Black Honeybee, by Akosua Darko assembles poems of diverse themes such as homesickness, friendship, racism, war, religion and love. Black Honeybee draws its strength from the poet's local and foreign experiences which widen her horizon to record her thoughts with éclat and sincerity. Akosua's Black Honeybee is inviting, but with stings, which readers would have to endure as hard truths of life. Akosua's poems are laced with raw honesty and a yearning to make things right; punchy enough to make readers question the very essence of life and therein lies the beauty of Akosua's poems. And that, I find humbling. The Ghana female poetry landscape has been dormant after days of Aidoo and Sutherland, and Akosua's collection comes to fill the void and rekindle the flame for others. Adjei Agyei-BaahEditor of Mamba Journal.