Amma Darko

Amma
Darko

Amma Darko, is an author from Ghana, she is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi – Ghana. She was two times winner of the Ghana Book Award and some of her books are compulsive reading in Ghanaian schools. Fellowships include: International Writing Program – Iowa, USA / Cambridge Seminar – United Kingdom / Akademie Schloss Solitude – Germany / International Writing Program – Hong Kong.

Amma Darko, is an author from Ghana, she is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi – Ghana. She was two times winner of the Ghana Book Award and some of her books are compulsive reading in Ghanaian schools. Fellowships include: International Writing Program – Iowa, USA / Cambridge Seminar – United Kingdom / Akademie Schloss Solitude – Germany / International Writing Program – Hong Kong.

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