List of African Writers By Country - Ghana

Ghana

• Ben Hinson, novelist, poet, playwright, director, actor and screenwriter.
• Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921– ), novelist.
• Kobina Eyi Acquah (1952– ), poet.
• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940– ), playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic.
• Lawrence Darmani (1956– ), novelist, poet, playwright, inspirational writer
• Kofi Aidoo (1950– ), short story writer
• Mohammed Naseehu Ali, short story and non-fiction writer
• Kofi Anyidoho (1947– ), poet and academic
• Anthony Appiah (1954– ), philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist
• Ayertey Isaac, Pan-Africanist and author
• Ayi Kwei Armah (1939– ), novelist.
• T. Q. Armar (1915–2000 ), publisher and textbook writer
• Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953), poet.
• Bediako Asare, journalist and non-fictionwriter also connected with Tanzania
• Meshack Asare (1945– ), children's writer.
• Yaw Asare (1953–2002), dramatist and director.
• Ayesha Harruna Attah, novelist.
• Kofi Awoonor (1935– ), poet, novelist and critic.
• Mohammed Ben-Abdallah (1944 – ), playwright.
• J. Benibengor Blay (1915– ), popular novelist, playwright and poet.
• Yaw M. Boateng (1950– ), novelist and playwright.
• William Boyd (1952– ), novelist.
• Kwesi Brew (1928– ), poet.
• Nana Brew-Hammond, journalist, poet, playwright and screenwriter.
• Margaret Busby, publisher and dramatist.
• Abena Busia (1953– ), poet and academic.
• Akosua Busia (1966– ), actress, novelist and screenwriter.
• Jacobus Capitein (1717–1747), minister and writer on slavery.
• Adelaide Smith Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), short story writer and educator.
• Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950), poet.
• J.E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930), politician and novelist.
• Quobna Ottobah Cugoano (1757?–1801?), freed slave and autobiographer.
• J. B. Danquah (1895–1965), scholar, lawyer and politician.
• Mabel Danquah (1910–1984), short story writer.
• Amma Darko (1956– ), novelist.
• Joe de Graft (1924–1978), playwright and poet.
• Michael Dei-Anang (1909–1977), poet, playwright and novelist.
• Amu Djoleto (1929– ), novelist, poet and educator.
• Cameron Duodu (1937– ), journalist, novelist and poet.
• Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (1891–1969), playwright.
• Albert William Kayper-Mensah (1923– ), poet.
• Asare Konadu (1932–1994), novelist.
• B. Kojo Laing (1946– ), novelist and poet.
• Lesley Lokko, novelist and academic.
• Bill Okyere Marshall (1936– ), playwright and novelist.
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972), politician and political theorist.
• (John) Atukwei Okai (1941– ), poet.
• Martin Owusu (1943– ), playwright.
• Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2005), poet.
• Nii Ayikwei Parkes (1974– ), poet.
• Carl Christian Reindorf (1834–1917), pastor and historian.
• Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956), politician and writer.
• Francis Selormey (1927–1988), novelist.
• Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 ), playwright.
• Asiedu Yirenkyi (1946– ), playwright.
• Mary Asabea Ashun (1968– ), novelist.
• Sylvanus Bedzrah, novelist.