“…The commitment of Amma Darko"s writings cannot be underestimated, despite their supposed indictment on the African society (Anyidoho, 2003;Adjei, 2010;Nutsukpo, 2019). A cursory look at the burgeoning critical commentary on Darko"s debut, Beyond the Horizon indicates a tilted focus on transnational bodies and migratory subjectivities (Chasen, 2010;Asempasah & Sam, 2016;Ladele, 2016), sex, pornography, profanity and prostitution (Abeka, Marfo & Bonku, 2014;Frais, 2002), female battery, the danger of objectification, the social ills in contemporary Africa (Awitor, 2013;Oseghale & Ohwiwerei, 2019;Sam, 2021) and a careful attempt at subverting patriarchal narratives of the female character (Blay, 2014;Ugwanyi, 2017;Ngwaba, 2019;Sam, 2021).…”