List of Ghanaian writers
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This is a list of Ghanaian writers.
- Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921– ), novelist.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Kobina Eyi Acquah (1952– ), poet.[Killam & Rowe]
- Ama Ata Aidoo (1940– ), playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Kofi Aidoo (1950– ), short story writer
- Mohammed Naseehu Ali, short story and non-fiction writer
- Anton Wilhelm Amo (c.1703–c.1759), philosopher.[Jahn]
- Kofi Anyidoho (1947– ), poet and academic[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Anthony Appiah (1954– ), philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist
- Ayi Kwei Armah (1939– ), novelist.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- T. Q. Armar (1915–2000 ), publisher and textbook writer
- Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953), poet.[Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Bediako Asare, journalist and non-fictionwriter also connected with Tanzania
- Meshack Asare (1945– ), children's writer.
- Yaw Asare (1953–2002), dramatist and director.[1]
- Mary Asabea Ashun (1968– ), novelist.[2]
- Ayesha Harruna Attah, novelist.[3]
- Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013), poet, novelist and critic.[Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Isaac Ayertey, Pan-Africanist and author
- Yaba Badoe, novelist and filmmaker[4]
- Sylvanus Bedzrah, novelist.
- Mohammed Ben-Abdallah (1944 – ), playwright.[Killam & Rowe]
- J. Benibengor Blay (1915– ), popular novelist, playwright and poet.[Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Yaw M. Boateng (1950– ), novelist and playwright.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- William Boyd (1952– ), novelist.
- Kwesi Brew (1928– ), poet.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Nana Brew-Hammond, journalist, poet, playwright and screenwriter.[5]
- Margaret Busby, publisher and dramatist.[6]
- Abena Busia (1953– ), poet and academic.[7][8]
- Akosua Busia (1966– ), actress, novelist and screenwriter.
- Jacobus Capitein (1717–1747), minister and writer on slavery.[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Adelaide Smith Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), short story writer and educator.[Gikandi]
- Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950), poet.[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930), politician and novelist.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Rita Akoto Coker (1953– ), African romance novelist. [Killam & Rowe]
- Quobna Ottobah Cugoano (1757?–1801?), freed slave and autobiographer.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- J. B. Danquah (1895–1965), scholar, lawyer and politician.[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Mabel Dove Danquah (1910–1984), short story writer and journalist.[Gikandi]
- Amma Darko (1956– ), novelist.
- Lawrence Darmani (1956– ), novelist, poet, playwright, inspirational writer
- Joe de Graft (1924–1978), playwright and poet.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Michael Dei-Anang (1909–1977), poet, playwright and novelist.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Amu Djoleto (1929– ), novelist, poet and educator.[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Cameron Duodu (1937– ), journalist, novelist and poet.[Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (1891–1969), playwright.[Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Dag Heward-Mills
- Ben Hinson, novelist, poet, playwright, director, actor and screenwriter.[9]
- Israel Kafu Hoh (1912– ), playwright and poet.[Jahn]
- Albert William Kayper-Mensah (1923– ), poet.[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Ellis Ayitey Komey (1927– ), poet and short story writer.[Jahn]
- Asare Konadu (1932–1994), novelist.[Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Kojo Gyinaye Kyei (1932– ), poet.[Jahn]
- B. Kojo Laing (1946– ), novelist and poet.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Lesley Lokko, novelist and academic.
- Bill Okyere Marshall (1936– ), playwright and novelist.[Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Andrews Pardon Adu Martinson (1900-), short story writer.[Jahn]
- J. H. Kwabena Nketia (1921–), ethnomusicologist.[Jahn]
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972), politician and political theorist.[Jahn]
- Henry Ofori.( –2013), journalist.[Jahn]
- (John) Atukwei Okai (1941– ), poet.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Amankwa Andrew Opoku (1912–), poet, short story writer and educator.[Jahn]
- Martin Owusu (1943– ), playwright.[Killam & Rowe]
- Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2005), poet.[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Nii Ayikwei Parkes (1974– ), poet.
- Carl Christian Reindorf (1834–1917), pastor and historian.[Jahn]
- Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956), politician and writer.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Taiye Selasi, novelist
- Francis Selormey (1927–1988), novelist.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996), playwright.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Asiedu Yirenkyi (1946– ), playwright.[Killam & Rowe]
References
- ↑ Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, reprinted online
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- ↑ Interview with Ayesha Harruna Attah, 19 February 2009.
- ↑ "An Interview with Ghanaian – British Writer, Yaba Badoe", Geosi Reads.
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- ↑ Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Ben Hinson, Ben Hinson
- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Gikandi & Mwangi] Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed., The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-12520-8
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds., Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4
