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List Of Ghanaian Writers
This is a list of Ghanaian writers. A * Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1920–1997), novelist * Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (1916–), poet * Kobena Eyi Acquah (1952–), poet * Kofi Acquah-Dadzie (1939–), jurist, and writer * Francis Agbodeka (1931–2005), academic and writer * Jot Agyeman (1967–), media practitioner * Ivor Agyeman-Duah (1966–), academic, writer, editor and film director * Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023), playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic * Kofi Akpabli (1973–), journalist, publisher, and travel writer. * Kofi Aidoo (1950–), short story writer * Mohammed Naseehu Ali (1971–), short story and non-fiction writer * Joseph Godson Amamoo (1931–), journalist and author * Anton Wilhelm Amo (c.1703–c.1759), philosopher * T. E. Anin (living), economist and author * Kofi Anyidoho (1947–), poet and academic * Anthony Appiah (1954–), philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist * Ayi Kwei Armah (1939–), novelist * T. Q. Armar (1915–2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of Ghana
The Demography of Ghana describes the condition and overview of Ghana's population. This article is about the demographic features of the population of Ghana, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. Ghana's population is 30,832,019 (2021 census). Languages Ghana is a multilingual country in which about 80 languages are spoken. English is the official language and lingua franca. Of the languages indigenous to Ghana, Akan is the most widely spoken. Ghana has more than seventy ethnic groups, each with its own distinct language. Languages that belong to the same ethnic group are usually mutually intelligible. Eleven languages have the status of government-sponsored languages: four Akan ethnic languages (Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Fante and Nzema) and two Mole-Dagbani ethnic languages (Dagaare and Dagbanli). The rest are Ewe, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, and Kasem, Hausa. Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphael Armattoe
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe (12 August 1913 – 22 December 1953) was a Ghanaian medical doctor, author, poet and politician. He was nominated for the 1949 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology and was a campaigner for unification of British and French Togoland. He was called by the ''New York Post'' "the 'Irishman' from West Africa", and the BBC producer Henry Swanzy referred to him as the "African Paracelsus". Biography Early life and education Armattoe was born at Keta in the Gold Coast (in what is now the Volta Region of Ghana). As Togoland changed from German to British and French hands, Armattoe ended up being fluent in German, French and English. He also spoke his native Ewe language. After his basic education in the Gold Coast, he left for Germany in 1930 for further studies. Most of his tertiary education was in Germany and France. He apparently left Germany for France due to rising Nazism. He continued his studies in anthropology, literature and Medicine at the Sorbonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970) pp. 11–12. is a ian writer of fiction for young adults. Biography After attending , Baitie studied biochemistry and chemistry at the , , then received a postgraduate degree in clinical biochemistry from the |
Yaba Badoe
Yaba Badoe (born 1955) is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author. Career Yaba Badoe was born in Tamale, northern Ghana. She left Ghana to be educated in Britain at a very young age.Beti Ellerson"A Conversation with Yaba Badoe" African Women in Cinema, 1 September 2011. A graduate of King's College, Cambridge, Badoe worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ghana, before beginning her career in journalism as a trainee at the BBC. She also was a researcher at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. She has taught in Spain and Jamaica and has worked as a producer and director making documentaries for the main television channels in Britain."About the Director - Yaba Badoe" African Film Festival. Among her credits are: ''Black and White'' (1987), an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adwoa Badoe
Adwoa Badoe is a Ghanaian teacher, writer, and dancer based in Canada. Biography Adwoa was born in Ghana. She studied Human biology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and qualified as a doctor. She moved to Canada after her tertiary education in Ghana but was unable to practice as a doctor because she had to study the programme again in Canada to qualify as a doctor in Canada. She subsequently switched attention to her childhood interests, writing and storytelling. She developed her interest in writing as result of her passion to want to share stories she heard growing up. Aside writing, she attends various cultural festivals around the world. She is also a dance instructor. She organises African dance workshops for schools and libraries in her community. She is the niece of Ghanaian writer, Kate Abbam. Works Badoe has authored many books in her writing career. Her books have been reviewed by newspapers such as the ''Toronto Star''. Some of her wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Oforiatta Ayim
Nana Oforiatta Ayim is a Ghanaian writer, art historian and filmmaker. Background Nana Ofosuaa Oforiatta Ayim was raised in Germany, England, and her ancestral homeland in Ghana. She studied Russian and Politics at the University of Bristol and went on to work in the Department of Political Affairs at United Nations in New York. She completed her master's degree in African Art History at SOAS University of London. Oforiatta Ayim comes from a political family in Ghana, the Ofori-Attas, whose power spans both the traditional and the modern. Her maternal grandfather was Nana Sir Ofori Atta I, the renowned king of Akyem Abuakwa who was hailed as the Louis XIV of Africa, and her great-uncle was J. B. Danquah, the scholar and politician who gave Ghana its name and started the political party that brought about Independence. Writing Her first novel ''The God Child'' was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in the UK in 2019, the US in 2020 and by Penguin Random Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kofi Awoonor
Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March 1935 – 21 September 2013) was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization. He started writing under the name George Awoonor-Williams, and was also published as Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor. He taught African literature at the University of Ghana. Professor Awoonor was among those who were killed in the September 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a participant at the Storymoja Hay Festival. Biography George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams was born in Wheta,"Kofi Awoonor: Remembering a Ghanaian poet" BBC News – Africa, 23 September 2013. in the |
Ayesha Harruna Attah
Ayesha Harruna Attah (born December 1983) is a Ghanaian-born fiction writer. She lives in Senegal. Early years and education Ayesha Harruna Attah was born in Accra, Ghana, in the 1980s, under a military government, to a mother who was a journalist and father who was a graphic designer. Attah has said: "My parents were my first major influences. They ran a literary magazine called ''Imagine'', which had stories about Accra; articles on art, science, film, books; cartoons—which I especially loved. They were (and still are) my heroes. I discovered Toni Morrison when I was thirteen, and I was hooked. I devoured everything she wrote. I remember reading ''Paradise'', and while its meaning completely evaded me then, I was left feeling like it was the most amazing book written and that one day I wanted to write a world full of strong female characters, just like Ms. Morrison had done." After growing up in Accra, she moved to Massachusetts and studied biochemistry at Mount Holyoke Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh
Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh is a Ghanaian academic and journalist. He is an emeritus professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Early life and education Assensoh was born on 1 April 1946 at Dunkwa-On-Offin, Gold Coast to Opanin Kwabena and Abena Amoateng. He moved to the United States of America in 1978. He obtained his bachelor's degree in History and Politics from Dillard University in 1981. In 1982, he was awarded his master's degree by the New York University and his doctorate degree in 1984 by the same university. Career Assensoh begun as an assistant editor for the ''Daily Listener'', ''Chronicle'', and ''Digest'' in Monrovia, Liberia. In 1968, he was promoted to editor, and a year later he was made sub editor of ''The Pioneer'', a newspaper in Kumasi, Ghana. From 1970 to 1972, Assensoh worked as a syndicated columnist for ''Compass News Features'' in Luxembourg. After his completing his doctoral research in 1984, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ashun
Mary A. Ashun (born 1968) is a Ghanaian-Canadian educator, author and researcher; she is principal of Ghana International School in Accra, Ghana. Education Mary Ashun was born in Accra, Ghana, in 1968 as Mary Asabea Apea to Emmanuel Apea, former diplomat with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and UN Ambassador and Coordinator to Nigeria and ECOWAS, and Emma Elizabeth Apea (née Appiah) a teacher. She holds a BSc in combined science from the University of East London (UK), a B.Ed. in secondary education from University of Toronto and a PhD in biochemistry from SUNY Buffalo, NY. Academic career Ashun was principal of Philopateer Christian College in Toronto, Canada, and a professor in the Faculty of Education at Redeemer University College in Canada. In 2014, Ashun was awarded a Klingenstein School Heads Fellowship at the Teacher's College, Columbia University. Also in 2019, she was elected as a board member of the Association of International Schools in Africa. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaw Asare
Yaw Asare was a Ghanaian academic, playwright, dramatist and director. Early life and education Asare was born in 1954 at Nkonya-Tayi, a town in the Oti Region. He had his primary school and middle school education at Nkonya Ahenkro, and his secondary education at Nkonya Secondary School where he obtained his Ordinary-Level certificate in 1971. Asare continued at St. Francis Teachers' Training College, Hohoe where he was awarded the post secondary Teachers' Certificate A, and the University of Ghana, where he obtained a Diploma in Theatre Arts from the School of Performing Arts with Dance as a major subject. In 1982, Asare returned to the University of Ghana to pursue a bachelor's degree programme in English and Theatre Arts. He followed it up in 1990 by undertaking a Master Philosophy in African Studies, specialising in African Oral Performance Arts. He graduated in 1993. Career Following his teacher training at Hohoe, he taught for three years at Pedeku-Ada. After his compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meshack Asare
Meshack Asare (born 1945) is a popular African children's author. He was born in Ghana and currently resides in Degenfeld, Germany. On 15 July 2014, he was announced as a finalist for the prestigious international award, the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, which he won on 24 October 2014, becoming the first African to receive the award. ''The Brassman's Secret'' was his representative text read by the nominating jury, and the award honors his entire body of work. Life Meshack Asare was born 18 September 1945 in Nyankumasi, Ghana. His mother Agatha Adoma Afram was a trader and his father Joseph K. Asare was an accountant. Asare was the second of six children. Asare studied Fine Arts at the College of Art in Kumasi, and between 1967 and 1979 he was a teacher in Ghana.Maureen Abotsi"Meshack Asare" Ghana Nation, 13 September 2013. During this time he began to write and illustrate children's books, including the much translated ''Tawia Goes to Sea'', which received th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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