Yaa Konadu

Yvette Yaa Konadu Tetteh is a British-Ghanaian creative and business owner living in Accra. Growing up across cultures and continents, she is insatiably curious about identity, identity-making, and selfhood. As winner of the inaugural Kofi Addo Writivism prize for non-fiction by African writers, her writing was published in the anthology, “Sundown and Other Stories.” Her essay “In This Body” was published in Lolwe’s fourth edition (2021).
Lost Futures, Or A Guide to Losing Yourself

“When he comes over to place the white porcelain on my table he adds a sentence in French. I realise too slowly that he’s said something more than “Here you go” or “Enjoy,” and miss his meaning. I think he feels sorry for me and has offered the cup for free. I can’t be sure, but speaking feels like an acutely vulnerable act.”

May 7, 2022