List of famous writers from Ghana, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Ghana is home to many prolific writers, including those who write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biographies and more. These are some of the best Ghanaian writers that have ever lived, so if you're a native of Ghana and an aspiring writer then use this list as inspiration to achieve your own writing goals.
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You can click on the names of these renowned writers of Ghana in order to get more information about each one. Some of these historic writers may no longer be living in Ghana, but they're all of Ghana descent.1
William Boyd
Age: 67Birthplace: Accra, Ghana
Nationality: United Kingdom, Ghana
Works: Chaplin, Tune in Tomorrow, A Good Man in Africa, An Ice-Cream War, Scoop
William Boyd (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.... more2
W.E.B. Du Bois
Dec. at 95 (1868-1963)Birthplace: Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Nationality: United States of America, Ghana
Works: The Souls of Black Folk, The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois, Darkwater, The illustrated Souls of Black folk, Writings
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( doo-BOYSS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an... more3
Akosua Busia
Age: 53Birthplace: Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Beloved, The seasons of Beento Blackbird
Akosua Gyamama Busia (born 30 December 1966) is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and... more4
Kwame Nkrumah
Dec. at 63 (1909-1972)Birthplace: Nkroful, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Africa must unite, The struggle continues, Selected speeches, Voice from Conakry, Class struggle in Africa.
Kwame Nkrumah PC (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician and... more5
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Age: 65Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Nationality: United States of America, United Kingdom, Ghana
Works: In my Father's house: Africa in the philosophy of culture, Experiments in Ethics, Avenging angel, Assertion and conditionals, Identity against culture
Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( AP-ee-ah; born May 8, 1954) is a British-Ghanaian... more6
Michael Blackson
Age: 47Birthplace: Ghana
Nationality: United States of America, Ghana
Works: Master P's Hood Stars of Comedy: Vol. 1
Jafari Ferguson (born November 28, 1972), better known by his stage name Michael Blackson, is... more7
John Akomfrah
Age: 62Birthplace: Ghana, Accra, Africa, Accra Metropolis District
Nationality: United Kingdom, Ghana, England
Works: Testament, The Nine Muses
John Akomfrah, CBE (born 4 May 1957) is a British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter,... more8
Meshack Asare
Age: 74Birthplace: Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Chipo and the bird on the hill, Noma's Sand, Sosu's call, Children of the tree, Llamada de Sosu
Meshack Asare (born 1945) is a popular African children's author. He was born in Ghana and... more9
Ama Ata Aidoo
Age: 77Birthplace: Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Changes: A Love Story, Anowa, Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa, No sweetness here and other stories, Our Sister Killjoy
Ama Ata Aidoo, née Christina Ama Aidoo (born 23 March 1942) is a Ghanaian author, poet,... more
10Joe Coleman de Graft
Dec. at 54 (1924-1978)Birthplace: Cape Coast, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Sons and daughters
Joseph Coleman de Graft, known as Joe de Graft (2 April 1924 – 1 November 1978), was a... more11
Kofi Awoonor
Dec. at 78 (1935-2013)Birthplace: Gold Coast
Nationality: Ghana
Works: The African predicament, The house by the sea, Night of my blood, Ride me, memory
Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 1935 – 21 September 2013) was a... more12
J. E. Casely Hayford
Dec. at 64 (1866-1930)Birthplace: Cape Coast, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Writings of Ekra-Agiman (J. E. Casely Hayford), Ethiopia unbound, West African leadership, The truth about the West African land question
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, MBE (29 September 1866 – 11 August 1930), also known as... more- 13
Emmanuel Erskine
Age: 82Birthplace: Kumasi, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Peace-keeping techniques for Africa's conflict management
Lieutenant General Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (born 19 January 1937) is a retired Ghanaian... more 14
Aaron Mike Oquaye
Age: 75Birthplace: Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Politics in Ghana, 1982-1992, Government and politics in contemporary Ghana (1992-1999), Politics in Ghana, 1972-1979
Rt. Hon. Aaron Mike Oquaye, (born April 4, 1944) is a Ghanaian politician and is the Speaker... more15
Peter Ala Adjetey
Dec. at 77 (1931-2008)Birthplace: Accra, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Reflections on the effectiveness of the Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana
Peter Ala Adjetey (11 August 1931 – 15 July 2008) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana... more- 16
Frances Bodomo
Age: 31Birthplace: Accra, Ghana
Nationality: United States of America, Ghana
Works: Boneshaker, Afronauts
Frances Bodomo is a film director, actor and screenwriter.... - 17
Ayi Kwei Armah
Age: 80Birthplace: Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Two thousand seasons, The Healers, Osiris Rising, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Fragments
Ayi Kwei Armah (born 28 October 1939) is a Ghanaian writer best known for his novels including... more 18
Amma Darko
Age: 63Birthplace: Tamale, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Faceless, The housemaid, Beyond the Horizon, Not without flowers
Amma Darko (born 1956) is a Ghanaian novelist.... more19
Tawia Modibo Ocran
Dec. at 66 (1942-2008)Birthplace: Tarkwa, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Law in aid of development
Professor Justice Tawia Modibo Ocran (September 12, 1942 – October 27, 2008) was an academic... more- 20
Charles Wereko-Brobby
Age: 66Birthplace: Kumasi, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: The 4th Republic of Ghana will last for a hundred years, From Berlin to Paris
Charles Wereko-Brobby (born 27 March 1953, in Kumasi) is an engineer, politician, diplomat and... more - 21
Kodwo Eshun
Age: 52Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Nationality: United Kingdom, Ghana
Works: More brilliant than the sun, The Radiant
Kodwo Eshun (born 1967) is a British-Ghanaian writer, theorist and filmmaker. He studied... more 22
Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Age: 68Birthplace: Cape Coast, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Where there is no silence
Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang (born 22 November 1951 in Cape Coast, Ghana) is a former Minister... more23
Mohammed Naseehu Ali
Age: 48Birthplace: Ghana
Nationality: United States of America, Ghana
Works: The Prophet of Zongo Street
Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971) is a Ghanaian-born writer based in New York City.... more24
Nii Parkes
Age: 45Birthplace: England
Nationality: United Kingdom, Ghana, England
Works: NW15, eyes of a boy, lips of a man
Nii Ayikwei Parkes (; born 1 April 1974), born in the United Kingdom to parents from Ghana,... more25
William Ofori Atta
Dec. at 78 (1910-1988)Birthplace: Kibi, Ghana, Ghana
Nationality: Ghana
Works: Ghana, a nation in crisis, The vision of an independent state of Ghana
Nana William Ofori Atta (10 October 1910 – 14 July 1988), popularly called "Paa Willie", was a... more
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