Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 25 April 1944) is a

Ghana 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 ...

ian playwright, "the major Ghanaian playwright of his generation". Director and founder of the Legon Road Theatre, he became head of School of Performing Arts at the

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in 2003. His works portray postcolonial drama that integrates both indigenous and European themes relevant in contemporary African societies. Written in 1972, ben Abdullah's first book, '' The Slaves'', became the foremost non-American dramatic play to win the Randolph Edmund's Award of the National Association for Speech and Dramatic Arts. Ben Abdallah held cabinet positions during the

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of the

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Ghanaian dramatists and playwrights 1944 births Living people People from Kumasi {{Ghana-writer-stub

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