Benjamin Kwakye

Benjamin Kwakye (born 7 January 1967) 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]

Kwakye was born in Accra, Ghana. 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 978-0-435-91201-7
• The Sun by Night, Africa World Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-59221-350-4
• The Other Crucifix, Ayebia Publishing, 2010; Lynne Rienner Pub, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9562401-2-5
• Legacy of Phantoms, Africa World Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59221-800-4

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, 10 November 2008
• "An Interview with Ghanaian Author Benjamin Kwakye", Africa Book Club, 27 February 2011
• "The Other Crucifix", African Book Club, Daniel Musiitwa, 26 January 2011
• "Benjamin Kwakye – The Sun By Night", Jamati, Shirlene Alusa-Brown, 27 December 2007

Reviews

• Peter W. Vakunta, "A Tale of Double Estrangement: A Review of Benjamin Kwakye’s The Other Crucifix.", Palapala Magazine, 1 February 2011
• "Tiring the Naked", Obsidian, Yitah,
• The Clothes of Nakedness by Benjamin Kwakye, A Review