A Black Sheep's Ego

A Black Sheep's Ego is a captivating Ghanaian memoir of five sisters and a brother striving under the eagle eyes of their parents. Their stories are intertwined, diverse, but blended into a concerted goal: a family that must stay united against all storms.

But Adepa, the centerpiece, thrives on a spark that yearns to explore freedom in a society that would rather restrict her choices. Instead, she held an insatiable craving for forbidden things that always pushed her to question their canons, feel, touch, sniff around and even taste the boundaries.

Adepa spars with her siblings as she obstinately defies their ideals, twisting the family's paths. Soon, she learned the hard way that her choices had scorched her loved ones. Adepa's once bubbly, resilient family is broken like pottery pieces; her father hasn't returned home, her mother's gone off the grid, and her siblings are pouncing on one another.

Can she stitch the family she's torn apart without giving up the glow that defines her? Or can she glow with the flow, maneuver the complex realities of her choices, and bud above the black sheep tag?

A black sheep's ego is a story woven between the generations of laughs, heartaches, victory, and turmoils. Adepa narrates what it takes to acknowledge our eccentricity and the battles we must fight to embellish our purpose. Her story is an account of unconditional love in a family that, despite her flaws, gave her the fiery determination to face her challenges on her own terms.