Kwatemaa Tweneboah

Kwatemaa Tweneboah is the joint pen name of Abena Kwatemaa Karikari and Nana Adwoa Tweneboah Amponsah-Mensah, two friends and sister-writers who love reading and writing romance.

Abena is a Medical Anthropologist with a specialisation in reproductive health. She loves reading novels especially romance which feature black women experiencing amazing happily-ever afters. She is an advocate for diverse representation in books particularly for better representation of black people on the continent and in the African diaspora. She promotes diverse reading through book reviews on her bookstagram and booktok @bookwormingh and YouTube – Bookworm In Gh.

Nana Adwoa is a Lawyer and entrepreneur with a particular interest in Tech Law. She is the co-founder of Zuputo, a legal tech platform and also co-founder of the Poka app, a women’s reproductive health and wellness App which seeks to provide African women with improved access to knowledge and resources of their reproductive health. She loves reading romances filled with lots of angst and well-earned happily-ever-after. She shares book reviews on her Instagram @ahope.lessromantic.

Abena and Nana Adwoa contributed stories to the Flash Fiction anthology Kenkey for Ewes and Other Very Short Stories published by DAkpabli & Associates in 2018. Together they co-host 2 Hearts in a Pod, a bookish romance podcast available on all podcast platforms. The Kelewele Connection is their debut novel. Their social media is - @kwatemaatweneboah on Instagram and TikTok.