Rexford Quartey was a Ghanaian writer and poet. He served as the president of the Ghana Association of Writers, and also the public relations officer of the
SIC Insurance Company
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They are listed on the stock index of the Ghana Stock Exchange, the GSE All-Share Index.Accra
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. He studied at the
Accra Academy
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from 1959 to 1963, and proceeded to the University of Cape Coast (then the University College of Cape Coast), where he studied Mathematics, Physics and Education from 1966 to 1968. While at the university, he was the president of the university's Students' Christian Union in 1967.
Career
While at the university, Quartey was a founding member of the Writers' Club. Following his studies at the University College of Cape Coast, Quartey was attached to the Ministry of Health as a publisher from 1968 to 1969. In 1969, he joined the Benefits section of the Social Security Administration compiling statistics. He remained in this capacity until 1972 when he was attached to the life department of the
SIC
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local union in 1974, and later, the public relations officer of the company. He served as the Executive Secretary and Chief Administrator of the Ghana Association of Writers until 2010. He was also the Ghana Association of Writers representative at the
National Media Commission
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, and a founding member and board member of CopyGhana; a body that advocated for the rights of publishers in Ghana.
Honours
He was the recipient of the 1st prize for African Studies, in the All Africa competition at the
University of California
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in 1970.
Personal life
Quartey married Mavis Quenu in 1976. As at 1979, they had a daughter. He died on 29 November 2015, and was buried on 27 February 2016.
His hobbies included; playing tennis, listening to classical and modern music, and writing.