Frank Kobina Parkes
Frank Ernest Kobina Parkes (* 1932 ; † 2004 ) was a Ghanaian journalist, broadcaster and author. His training took place in Accra , Ghana and Sierra Leone .
He began his work at a newspaper but quickly moved to Radio Ghana as a broadcaster (1955). In the following years he became chairman of the Ghana society of writers (Ghanaian society for writers).
His first work were poems in a volume of poetry from 1965 under the title Songs from the Wilderness . His work has a tendency towards romantic expression and is based on life in Africa, describes the dances, the culture but also the burden of the colonial past. Some see his work as influenced by the Senegalese writer David Diop . His work has only been published under his name in a volume of poetry and otherwise in collections of Ghanaian and African writers, of which Kachikali (1971) and Messages (1971) are the best known.
In the 1970s, Parkes worked for the Ghanaian Ministry of Information in Accra.
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| SURNAME | Parkes, Frank Kobina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parkes, Frank Ernest Kobina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian journalist, broadcaster and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2004 |