Benjamin Kwakye

Benjamin Kwakye (born 7 January 1967 Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian novelist.^[1] His first novel, The Clothes of Nakedness, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers Prize, best first book, Africa. His novel The Sun by Night won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book Africa. His novel The Other Crucifix won the 2011 IPPY award.^[2]

He graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. He practises law around Chicago, and is a director of the African Education Initiative.^[3].

Works

• The Clothes of Nakedness, Heinemann Books, 1998, ISBN 9780435912017
• The Sun by Night, Africa World Press, 2006, ISBN 9781592213504
• The Other Crucifix, Ayebia Publishing, 2010; Lynne Rienner Pub, 2010, ISBN 9780956240125
• Legacy of Phantoms, Africa World Press, 2011, ISBN 9781592218004

References

External links

• Author's website
• "Poet-scholar Dike Okoro in conversation with Novelist, Benjamin Kwakye", Pencil Tribe Magazine, 9 December 2009
• Writers’ Showcase: Benjamin Kwakye, The African Novel, November 10, 2008
• "An Interview with Ghanaian Author Benjamin Kwakye", Africa Book Club, February 27, 2011
• "The Other Crucifix", African Book Club, Daniel Musiitwa, January 26, 2011
• "Benjamin Kwakye – The Sun By Night", Jamati, Shirlene Alusa-Brown, December 27, 2007

Reviews

• "A Tale of Double Estrangement: A Review of Benjamin Kwakye’s The Other Crucifix.", Palapala Magazine, Peter W. Vakunta, February 01, 2011
• "Tiring the Naked", Obsidian, Yitah,
• The Clothes of Nakedness by Benjamin Kwakye, A Review