Benjamin Kwakye

Benjamin Kwakye (born January 7, 1967 in Accra , Ghana ) is a lawyer and author in Ghana. His work as a writer has won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize several times .

education

Kwakye attended Dartmouth College , Hanover, New Hampshire , USA and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in 1990. In 1993 he was awarded the doctorate ( Doctor Juris ) by the Harvard Law School , Massachusetts, USA.

In 1999 Kwakye attended the London School of Economics at the University of London .

Career

Kwakye joined the Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur law firm immediately after completing his doctorate in law, practicing a variety of disciplines. He held this position between September 1993 and August 1997.

From September 1997 he worked as a consultant for Abbott Laboratories , a global company in the health sector. Kwakye left this position in April 2004 to take a position as a consultant for the Chicagoarea company , which he still holds today.

Kwakye began his career as an author shortly after graduating and made his debut in 1998 with his work "The clothes of nakedness".

Further positions

• Director of the African Education Initiative ( African Education Initiative )
• Former writer for Afriscopde Radio

Works (selection)

Novels

• The clothes of nakedness . Heinemann Publ., London 1998, ISBN 0-435-91201-1 .
• The Sun by Night . African World Press, Trenton, NJ 2005, ISBN 1-59221-349-9 .
• The other crucifix . Turnaround Publications, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-95624-012-5 .

Short stories

• The Fool's Tomatoes . In: Worldview , Winter 2003.
• Lyrics of lion . In: Pencil Tribe

Honors

• 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for “The clothes of nakedness” (Best first work for the Africa region).
• 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for “The sun by night” (Best Book for the Africa Region).

Web links

• Homepage of the author
• Commonwealth Fondation , (English)
• Africa Spectrum , (with photo)