Books from Ghana — The Book Roads

Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

Nana-Ama Danquah

At twenty-two, Nana-Ama Danquah becomes a mother while struggling with a depression she cannot bring herself to name. Expected to embody the strength and resilience demanded of Black women, she hides her suffering behind silence until it threatens to overwhelm her life. Through therapy, friendships with other women facing similar struggles, and a painful confrontation with childhood trauma, Danquah begins to understand the roots of her despair. Both deeply personal and culturally revealing, this groundbreaking memoir challenges the stigma surrounding mental illness and questions why some women are expected to care for everyone else while suffering alone.

1998