Kofi Anyidoho

Kofi Anyidoho
Nationality Ghanaian
Education University of Texas

Kofi Anyidoho (born 25 July 1947)[1] is a Ghanaian poet and academic who comes from a family tradition of Ewe poets and oral artists.[2] He is currently Professor of Literature at the University of Ghana.[3]

He has received numerous awards for his poetry, including the Valco Fund Literary Award, the Langston Hughes Prize, the BBC Arts and Africa Poetry Award, the Fania Kruger Fellowship for Poetry of Social Vision, Poet of the Year (Ghana), and the Ghana Book Award.

Biography

Born in Wheta, in Ghana's Volta Region,[1] Anyidoho was educated in Ghana and the USA, and holds a B.A. Honours degree in English & Linguistics from the University of Ghana, Legon, an M.A. in Folklore from Indiana University-Bloomington and gained his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin.[3]

Having trained as a teacher at Accra Training College and at the Advanced Teacher Training College-Winneba, he taught primary, middle and secondary school, before joining the University of Ghana-Legon. Currently Professor of Literature in the English Department, he has also been Director of the CODESRIA African Humanities Institute Program, acting Director of the School of Performing Arts and Head of the English Department.[3] He was installed as the first occupant of the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies at the University of Ghana on 18 March 2010.[2][4]

Poetry

Writing

Anyidoho's academic writing includes:

Sources

References

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