Top 7 Famous Ghanaian Writers in History

Ghana has produced several writers who contributed a lot to diverse fields with their creative writings.

These famous Ghanaian writers have contributed in areas including; fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biographies democracy, Science and more.

Below is a list of Famous Ghanaian Writers in History

Kofi Awoonor

Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization.

Kofi Awoonor’s works include; This Earth, My Brother, Comes the Voyager at Last, Rediscovery and Poems titled, Night of My Blood, The House By the Sea, The Promise of Hope: and many more

Akosua Busia

Akosua Busia is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was prime minister of the Republic of Ghana (from 1969 to 1972) and a prince of the royal family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti.

Busia is the author of The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel (Washington Square Press, 1997). She was one of three co-writers for the screenplay adaptation of Toni Morrison‘s 1987 novel Beloved for the 1998 film version of the same name directed by Jonathan Demme. In 2008 Busia directed a film about her father: The Prof. A Man Remembered. Life, Vision & Legacy of K.A. Busia. Busia also co-wrote the song “Moon Blue” with Stevie Wonder for his album A Time 2 Love.

Ama Ata Aidoo

Ama Atta Aidoo is an Author, Poet, playwright and an academic. Her works include; The Dilemma of a Ghost, Anowa, Someone Talking to Sometime, The Eagle and the Chickens, Birds and Other Poems titled, An Angry Letter in January, No Sweetness Here and many more.

Ayi Kwei Armah

Ayi Kwei Armah was born in the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana to Fante-speaking parents, descending on his father’s side from a royal family in the Ga nation.

His works include; The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Fragments, Why Are We So Blest? Two Thousand Seasons, London Osiris Rising, Popenguine, The Healers and many more.

Meshack Asare

Meshack Asare a popular African children’s author. He was born in Ghana and currently resides in Degenfeld, Germany. His works include; Noma’s Sand, Meliga’s Day, Nana’s Son, Sosu’s Call, The Magic Goat, Halima and more.

Kofi Akpabli

Kofi Akpabli – Born in Accra, Akpabli grew up in Kotobabi and had his primary education at Providence Preparatory School, transferring in his final year to St. Kizito Middle School at Nima. His works include; Tickling the Ghanaian-Encounters with Contemporary Culture, Harmattan- a Cultural Profile of Northern Ghana, Accra, Romancing Ghanaland the Beauty of Ten Region, Accra:,A Sense of Savannah-Tales of a Friendly Walk Through Northern Ghana and others.

Kofi Anyidoho

Kofi Anyidoho born 25 July 1947,  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.

His works include; A Harvest of Our Dreams, Earthchild, Ancestral Logic and Caribbean Blues, Praise Song for the Land: Poems of Hope & Love & Care (2002). Foreword by Kofi Awoonor, Elegy for the Revolution (1978), The Place We Call Home and Other Poems