Famous Writers from Ghana
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.Ranked by
Age: 93- Birthplace: Volta Region, Ghana
- Nationality: Ghana
- Works: The unfinished African revolution
Quobna Ottobah Cugoano
Dec. at 34 (1757-1791)- Birthplace: Africa
- Nationality: United Kingdom, Ghana
Ottobah Cugoano, also known as John Stuart (c. 1757 – after 1791), was an African abolitionist and natural rights philosopher from Ghana who was active in England in the latter half of the eighteenth ...moreBediako Asare
Bediako Asare (born 1930) is an African 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 ...more- Ato Sekyi-Otu is a Ghanaian political philosopher. He was born at Saltpond, Ghana in 1941 and until 1971 was known as Daniel Sackey Walker. He was educated at Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast, ...more
Charles Odamtten Easmon
Charles Odamtten Easmon or C. O. Easmon, popularly known as Charlie Easmon, (22 September 1913 – 19 May 1994) was a Ghanaian medical doctor and academic who became the first Ghanaian to formally ...moreFrank Kobina Parkes
Age: 91- Birthplace: West Africa, Ghana, Africa
- Nationality: Ghana
Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–23 May 2004) was a Ghanaian journalist, broadcaster and poet. He was the author of one book, Songs from the Wilderness (University of London Press, 1965), but is widely ...moreKofi Anyidoho
Age: 76- Works: Oral poetics and traditions of verbal art in Africa, Earthchild, with Brain surgery, The Pan African ideal in literatures of the Black world, Ancestral Logic and Caribbean Blues
Kofi Anyidoho is a Ghanaian poet and academic who comes from a family tradition of Ewe poets and oral artists. He is currently Professor of Literature at the University of Ghana. He has received ...more
