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Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

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Joseph Wilfred Abruquah Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921 – 6 November 1997) was a Ghanaian novelist and educationist. Early life and education Abruquah was born in 1921 in the Gold Coast. He had his secondary education at Mfantsipim School and his tertiary education a ...

(1920–1997), novelist * Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (1916–), poet * Kobena Eyi Acquah (1952–), poet *

Kofi Acquah-Dadzie Kofi Acquah-Dadzie is a Ghanaian academic, jurist and writer based in Botswana. He was the Assistant Registrar and Master of the High Court of Botswana. Early life and education Acquah-Dadzie was born in 1939 at Juaso in the Ashanti Region o ...

(1939–), jurist, and writer *

Francis Agbodeka Francis Agbodeka was a Ghanaian academic and writer. He was a professor of history at the University of Cape Coast, and the first person to obtain a doctorate degree from the University of Ghana. Early life Agbodeka was born at Anloga in the ...

(1931–2005), academic and writer *

Jot Agyeman John Osei Tutu Agyeman (born 28 June 1967 in Kumasi) also known by the name Jot Agyeman is a Ghanaian author, actor, playwright and television personality. Early life and education Agyeman was born on 28 June 1967 in Kumasi. He is the younge ...

(1967–), media practitioner * Ivor Agyeman-Duah (1966–), academic, writer, editor and film director *

Ama Ata Aidoo Ama Ata Aidoo, ''née'' Christina Ama Aidoo (born 23 March 1942) is a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and academic. She was the Minister of Education under the Jerry Rawlings administration. In 2000, she established the Mbaasem Foundation t ...

(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 Anton Wilhelm Amo or Anthony William Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759) was an African philosopher originally from what is now Ghana. Amo was a professor at the universities of Halle and Jena in Germany after studying there. He was brought to Germany by ...

(c.1703–c.1759), philosopher * T. E. Anin (living), economist and author *

Kofi Anyidoho Kofi Anyidoho (born 25 July 1947) is a Ghanaian poet and academic who comes from a family tradition of Ewe poets and oral artists.

(1947–), poet and academic * Anthony Appiah (1954–), philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist * Ayi Kwei Armah (1939–), novelist *

T. Q. Armar Theophilus Quancoo Armar (4 August 1915 – 2000) was a Ghanaian educationist, publisher and textbook writer. Early life and education Born on 4 August 1915, Armar's early formative years were spent at the Government Boys' School, where he studie ...

(1915–2000), publisher and textbook writer * Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953), poet * Portia Arthur (1990–), author, writer and reporter *

Bediako Asare Bediako Asare (born 1930) is a Ghanaian journalist and author, initially from Ghana. He began his career working on local newspapers, then relocated to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1963, to help launch ''The Nationalist'' newspaper. In 1969 he publi ...

(1930–), journalist and non-fiction writer also connected with

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

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 Priz ...

(1945–), children's writer *

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 se ...

(1953–2002), dramatist and director * Mary Asabea Ashun (1968–), novelist * Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh (1946–), journalist and historian *

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 journali ...

(1983–), novelist *

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 A ...

(1935–2013), poet, novelist and critic *

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 ...

(living), novelist and art historian

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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 a ...

, dancer and author * Yaba Badoe (1955–), novelist and filmmaker * Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (1970–), writer of fiction for young adults. * Kofi Batsa (1931–1991) * Mohammed Ben-Abdallah (1944–), playwright * J. Benibengor Blay (1915–), popular novelist, playwright and poet * William Boyd (1952–), novelist *

Kwesi Brew Osborne Henry Kwesi Brew (27 May 1928 – 30 July 2007) was a Ghanaian poet and diplomat. Biography Brew was born in Cape Coast, Ghana, to a Fante family in 1928. He was brought up by a British guardian—education officer, K. J. Dickens—aft ...

(1928–2007), poet * Nana Brew-Hammond, journalist, poet, playwright and screenwriter * Roseanne A. Brown (1995–), journalist and novelist. * Margaret Busby, publisher, editor and dramatist * Abena Busia (1953–), poet and academicMargaret Busby (ed.), '' Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent'', London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993. * Akosua Busia (1966–), actress, novelist and screenwriter * Empi Baryeh, novelist

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Jacobus Capitein Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein (1 February 1747) was a Dutch writer, Calvinist minister and missionary best known for being the first individual of African descent to be ordained as a minister in an established Protestant church. Born in Weste ...

(1717–1747), minister and writer on slavery * Adelaide Smith Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), short story writer and educator * Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950), poet *

Gus Casely-Hayford Augustus Lavinus Casely-Hayford (born 1964) is a British curator, cultural historian, broadcaster and lecturer with ancestral Ghanaian roots in the Casely-Hayford family, a cadet branch of the Cape Coast royal dynasty. He is presently the Dir ...

(1964–), cultural historian * J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930), politician and novelist *

Jojo Cobbinah Jojo Cobbinah (born 25 May 1948) is a Ghanaian author living in Accra, Ghana, noted for his travel guides. Biography Cobbinah was born in Bogoso, north of Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana. He attended a Catholic school in his home country, ...

(1948–) * Rita Akoto Coker (1953–), African romance novelist * Quobna Ottobah Cugoano (1757?–1801?), freed slave and autobiographer

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J. B. Danquah Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (18 December 1895 – 4 February 1965) was a Ghanaian politician, scholar, lawyer, and one of the founding fathers of Ghana. He played a significant role in pre- and post-colonial Ghana, which was former ...

(1895–1965), scholar, lawyer and politician *

Mabel Dove Danquah Mabel Dove Danquah (1905
''Graphic Online'' (via Modern Ghana), 13 April 2007. (Some ...

(1910–1984), short story writer and journalist *

Meri Nana-Ama Danquah Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 13 September 1967) is a Ghanaian-American writer, editor, journalist and public speaker, whose name at birth was Mildred Mary Nana-Ama Boakyewaa Brobby. She is best known for her 1998 memoir ''Willow Weep for Me: A Bl ...

(1967–), editor, journalist, memoirist *

Amma Darko Amma Darko (born 1956) is a Ghanaian novelist. She had won The Golden Baobab Prize for one of her novels. She has published seven novels in total. Life and writing She was born in Koforidua, Ghana, and grew up in Accra. She studied in Kumasi, ...

(1956–), novelist * Nana Awere Damoah (1975–), author, poet and non-fiction writer * Lawrence Darmani (1956–), novelist, poet, playwright, inspirational writer *

Kwame Dawes Kwame Senu Neville Dawes (born 28 July 1962) is a Ghanaian poet, actor, editor, critic, musician, and former Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina. He is now Professor of English at the University of N ...

(1962–), poet, critic * Joe de Graft (1924–1978), playwright and poet * Michael Dei-Anang (1909–1977), poet, playwright and novelist * Amu Djoleto (1929–), novelist, poet and educator *

Komla Dumor Komla Afeke Dumor (3 October 1972 – 18 January 2014) was a Ghanaian journalist who worked for BBC World News and was the main presenter of its programme ''Focus on Africa''. Early life and education Dumor was born in Accra, Ghana. His fat ...

(1972–2014), journalist *

Cameron Duodu Martin Cameron Duodu (born 24 May 1937)''Africa Who's Who'', London: Africa Journal for Africa Books Ltd, 1981, pp. 349–50. is a United Kingdom-based Ghanaian novelist, journalist, editor and broadcaster. After publishing a novel, ''The Gab Boys ...

(1937–), journalist, novelist and poet * Dag Heward Mills(1963–), minister, popular author * Mark K Darko (1956–), author, missionary anthropologist

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Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (26 December 1891, in Wasuta – 21 July 1969) was a Ghanaian religious minister, playwright and educator, founder of Zion College, the first secondary school in Ghana's Volta Region. Life Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo was the so ...

(1891–1969), playwright *

Shirley Frimpong-Manso Shirley Frimpong-Manso (born 16 March 1977) is a Ghanaian film director, writer, and producer. She is the founder and CEO of Sparrow Productions, a film, television and advertising production company. She won Best Director at the 6th Africa Mo ...

(1977–)

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Yaa Gyasi Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her debut novel ''Homegoing'', published in 2016, won her, at the age of 26, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a fir ...

(1989–), novelist

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Manu Herbstein Manu Herbstein (born 1936) is the South African author of ''Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade'' (2001), which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, the first time the award ha ...

(1936–), novelist *

Dag Heward-Mills Dag Heward-Mills (born 14 May 1963) is an evangelist, pastor, author, and conference speaker based in Accra, Ghana. He is the founder and presiding Bishop of the United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (UD-OLGC), ...

(1963–), theologian *

Afua Hirsch Afua Hirsch (born 1981) is a British writer and broadcaster. She has worked as a journalist for '' The Guardian'' newspaper, and was the Social Affairs and Education Editor for Sky News from 2014 until 2017. Early life Afua Hirsch was born in ...

(1981–), journalist

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* Ellis Ayitey Komey (1927–1972), poet and short story writer * Asare Konadu (1932–1994), novelist * Benjamin Kwakye (1967–), novelist and poet

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B. Kojo Laing B. Kojo Laing or Bernard Kojo Laing (1 July 1946 – 20 April 2017) was a Ghanaian novelist and poet, whose writing is characterised by its hybridity, whereby he uses Ghanaian Pidgin English and vernacular languages alongside standard English. H ...

(1946–2017), novelist and poet *

Lesley Lokko Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and novelist.Lesley ...

, (1964–), novelist, architect and academic

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* Tawiah M'carthy, playwright *

John Dramani Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. He previously served as Vice President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and took office as pres ...

(1958–), politician and memoirist * Bill Okyere Marshall (1936–2021), playwright and novelist *

Peace Adzo Medie Peace Adzo Medie is a Liberian-born Ghanaian academic and writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Early life and education Medie was born in Liberia and moved to Ghana as a child, where she studied at OLA Girls Senior High School. She received a ...

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John Atta Mills John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party ...

(1944–2012), politician and legal scholar * Dayan Kodua, actress and model

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Caleb Azumah Nelson Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer. His 2021 debut novel, '' Open Water'', won the Costa Book Award for First Novel. Personal life Azumah Nelson grew up in and currently lives in southeast London ( Bellingham). ...

(1993/1994–), writer and photographer * J. H. Kwabena Nketia (1921–2019), ethnomusicologist * Gamal Nkrumah (1959–), journalist and editor * Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972), politician and political theorist

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* Richard Emmanuel Obeng (1877–1951), novelist and textbook writer *

, art historian, filmmaker * (John) Atukwei Okai (1941–2018), poet * Kwesi Owusu (1950s–), author and filmmaker

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* Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2005), poet * Nii Ayikwei Parkes (1974–), poet, novelist * Portia Dery, writer

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* Kwei Quartey, physician and writer * Rex Quartey (1944–2015), writer and poet *

Ato Quayson Ato Quayson (born 26 August 1961) is a Ghanaian literary critic and Professor of English at Stanford University. He was formerly a Professor of English at New York University (NYU), and before that was University Professor of English and inaug ...

(1961–), academic and literary critic

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* Carl Christian Reindorf (1834–1917), pastor and historian

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John Mensah Sarbah John Mensah Sarbah (3 June 1864 – 27 November 1910)S. Tenkorang, "John Mensah Sarbah, 1864–1910", in ''Transactions of the HYistorical Society of Ghana'', Vol. XIV, No. 1, Legon, June 1973 (pp. 65–78), pp. 65, 76. Some other sources (incl ...

(1864–1910) * Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956), politician and writer * Ato Sekyi-Otu (born 1941) *

Taiye Selasi Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979) is a British-American writer and photographer. Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. Early life and education Taiye Selasi was born in Lond ...

(1979–), novelist * Francis Selormey (1927–1988), novelist * Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996), playwright * Nana Sandy Achampong (1964–) novelist, poet and academic

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Kwasi Wiredu Kwasi Wiredu (3 October 1931 – 6 January 2022) was a renowned Ghanaian African philosopher. His work contributed to conceptual decolonisation of African thought. Life and career Wiredu was born in Kumasi, Gold Coast (present-day Ghana), ...

(1931–2022), philosopher

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* Asiedu Yirenkyi (1942–2018), playwright * Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah (1980–), columnist

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