Kodzo Elom Akoto
Elom K. Akoto immigrated to the United States from Togo (West Africa). He earned a bachelor’s degree in education with a 7-12 endorsement in French and a master’s degree in TESOL (Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages). He is the author of two ESL workbooks: Ideal Companion, ESL level 1, and Ideal Companion, ESL level 2. His debut novel, Blindspot in America, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press in 2024. He teaches French in a high school and ESL at a community college in Omaha, Nebraska, where he lives with his family.
Blindspot in America. Book description:
Kamao is the son of a prominent Ghanaian academic and incumbent Minister of Health and is devoted to all that America symbolizes. After immigrating to the United States in pursuit of higher education and the American Dream, he becomes unwittingly entangled with American politics when he meets Lindsey McAdams, the daughter of an influential and anti-immigration senator. As the couple’s feelings grow, so too does the senator’s animosity toward Kamao. Despite support from fellow immigrants Lazo, Ayefumi, and Dania—who follow American Dreams of their own—Kamao soon finds himself drawn into intrigues hidden from the American public that make him question himself and his adopted country. When Kamao is implicated in a murder, Lindsey’s loyalties are tested, Dania must decide if she is willing to risk her own future and security for the sake of justice, and Kamao discovers how far he’ll go to fulfill his American Dream.
Kodzo Elom Akoto
Elom K. Akoto immigrated to the United States from Togo (West Africa). He earned a bachelor’s degree in Education and a master’s degree in TESOL (Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages). He is the founder of Genuine Learning Institute, an Adult Learning program that aims to promote Adult Education, not only among immigrants but also native Americans who missed the opportunity to earn a High School Diploma. The program offers ESL, literacy, GED preparation classes, and more. He self-published two ESL workbooks: Ideal Companion, ESL level 1 and Ideal Companion, ESL level 2. In the Dream of America is his first novel. He teaches French in a high school and ESL at a community college in Omaha, Nebraska, where he lives with his family.
In The Dream of America. Book description:
Kamao is the son of a prominent Ghanaian academic and incumbent Minister of Health and is devoted to all that America symbolizes. After immigrating to the United States in pursuit of higher education and the American Dream, he becomes unwittingly entangled with American politics when he meets Lindsey McAdams, the daughter of an influential and anti-immigration senator. As the couple’s feelings grow, so too does the senator’s animosity toward Kamao. Despite support from fellow immigrants Lazo, Ayefumi, and Dania—who follow American Dreams of their own—Kamao soon finds himself drawn into intrigues hidden from the American public that make him question himself and his adopted country. When Kamao is implicated in a murder, Lindsey’s loyalties are tested, Dania must decide if she is willing to risk her own future and security for the sake of justice, and Kamao discovers how far he’ll go to fulfill his American Dream.