Dr. Amo's Lonely Planet

This is the melodramatic reconstruction of a true lifestory of an African child from the 'Gold Coast' Ghana, who came in the year 1706 as a 'gift' to the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel to Germany. The slave boy soon impresses with his extraordinary intelligence and sponsored by his patrons, he studies philosophy, medicine and law at the Universities of Wittenberg and Halle. But in spite of his doctorate degrees he feels always like living on a lonely planet...

Jojo Cobbinah, teacher, translator, author and journalist, was born in Tarkwa, Ghana. After schooling and graduating in Ghana, he made Germany his home and worked there in several fields for the good part of three decades. He now lives in Accra, Ghana, where he is a full-time author. His travel guide book of Ghana (in German language) is the most famous one, because Peter Meyer Travel Guides combine practical tips with useful information on cultures. Jojo Cobbinah also doubles up as a Senior Contributing Editor of the The African Courier, Germany's only English-language magazine on Africa. »Dr. Amo's Lonely Planet« is his first novel. For more information look at www.PeterMeyerVerlag.de.