List of Ghanaians - Writers & Poets

Writers & Poets

W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Ama Ata Aidoo, writer
  • Amma Darko, African novelist
  • Ayi Kwei Armah, social critic
  • Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes, poet
  • Kofi Awoonor, writer

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