Paul Tabi-Arhin

Kaakyire Caleb shows literary craftsmanship in "One Blood, One Vessel". He intertwines love, religion and kinship in a beautiful way that create tension in the story. In the beginning when Christian and Hameeda meet, there's not an iota of signal that they're related by blood. But as the story unfolds, gradually, they fall in love, and the more they fall in love, the more the secret about their identities appear to light. It's sad to observe a father and a daughter fight over marriage, but it's in the same way thrilling to come to understand that education empowers a woman to fight for her right in society, as Hameeda firmly proves to Baba (her so-called father) that she is right to get married to her heart desire. The end of "One Blood, One Vessel" is sad and shocking as Christian and Hameeda learn the lifetime secret about them. As for me, "One Blood, One Vessel" is a great message to the whole world: we must understand that "there's only one God no matter the multiplicity of faiths".