How to use it

  1. Rule 1: The two names written in this notebook will be bound together for life. There is no undo.
  2. Rule 2: The names must be written in full, and in ink. Pencil is for people who are not sure.
  3. Rule 3: Within forty seconds of the second name, the cause will be decided.
  4. Rule 4: Anyone else whose name is written here is bound to attend, to eat, and to dance. Nothing worse.

The Osei and Tutu families

Elijah Kwame Osei&Naomi Adwoa Tutu

Saturday, 13 November 2027 · Tema

At two in the afternoon at Community One, and then the hall at Meridian for dinner at five and the floor at half past six, which is a rule. Your name is in the book, or it will be. We would love you there.

#OseiCaseClosed

  • 2:00 PM

    The Ceremony

    Tema Community One Presbyterian Church

    Community 1, Tema

    Seated by 1:30 PM. The church is on the Community One roundabout; park in the grounds and come in by the east door.

    The address

  • 5:00 PM

    The Reception

    The Hall at Meridian

    Community 11, Tema

    Dinner at five, and the floor at half past six, which is a rule. The hall has air conditioning and the car park has lights.

    The address

  • What to wear

    Black, white, one red thing

    Black, white and one red thing: a tie, a lip, a shoe, a flower. No grey; grey is for people who are undecided, and this is not that kind of day.

    • Black
    • Paper
    • Red
    • Shadow
Write your name in the bookThe case file

The investigation

The case of the two of them

Six exhibits, one conclusion.

  1. Exhibit A: First date, drawn in ink

    Exhibit A · March 2021

    First date

    Suspect showed up 20 minutes late. Claimed traffic on the motorway. There was no traffic.

  2. Exhibit B: The jollof incident, drawn in ink

    Exhibit B · December 2021

    The jollof incident

    Both parties claim to have cooked it. Both parties ate it. Case unresolved.

  3. Exhibit C: Phone records, drawn in ink

    Exhibit C · 2021 to date

    Phone records

    3,412 calls. Average length 48 minutes. Nothing was ever concluded, and both parties kept calling.

  4. Exhibit D: The proposal, drawn in ink

    Exhibit D · February 2026

    The proposal

    Labadi beach, sunset, ring in a shoe box. Suspect cried first. Witness also cried.

  5. Exhibit E: Witness statement, drawn in ink

    Exhibit E · February 2026

    Witness statement

    The two mothers, questioned separately, gave the same statement: "We knew."

  6. Exhibit F: Conclusion, drawn in ink

    Exhibit F · 13 November 2027

    Conclusion

    Guilty of love in the first degree. Sentenced to each other, for life, with no possibility of parole.

RSVP

Write your name in the book

Rule four applies: whoever is written here is bound to attend, to eat and to dance. Kindly write by 16 October 2027.

Whoever's name is written in this notebook shall attend the wedding of Elijah Kwame Osei and Naomi Adwoa Tutu, on Saturday the thirteenth of November, 2027, in Tema.

Thank you for being written into our story. See you on the thirteenth.

Elijah & Naomi

Case closed. The verdict is a lifetime. Come and witness it.