{"title":"Africana","description":"Books written by African authors \u0026amp; the diaspora\u003cbr\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-missing-american-kwei-quartey","title":"The Missing American - Kwei Quartey","description":"\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; font-family: 'YAD0vbJNQz8 0', _fb_, auto; --font-size: 13.3333px; --line-height: 1.29; line-height: 17px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; font-family: 'YAD0vbJNQz8 0', _fb_, auto; --font-size: 13.3333px; --line-height: 1.29; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eWhen Gordon Tilson falls victim to an online scam, he finds himself alone in the whirlwind city of Accra. 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