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Boakyewaa Glover (born 27 April 1979) is a Ghanaian author, news broadcaster, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing the political thriller, The Justice.
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| Born | 27 April 1979 Accra, Ghana |
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| Alma mater | New York University University of Ghana |
| Period | 2009 - Present |
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Biography
editBoakyewaa born 27 April 1979 in Accra. She is the daughter of Maame Abena, a management consultant and James Amoako, a renowned lawyer and writer.[1]
During her formative years, Glover developed interest in penning poems which led her to her first full-length book, Basic Reality, written when she was about the age of 16 years. This was followed by Crazy, Sexy, Cool, and Unspoken words.[2]
After completing her tertiary education at the University of Ghana, Glover won a scholarship to study Organisational Psychology at the New York University (NYU).[3] While studying at NYU, she conceived the idea for and published her first book, Circles. Before then, she had been a TV presenter on Smash TV show on Metro TV in Ghana, a Broadcast Journalist/News Anchor at TV3 Network, in Ghana and worked as a management consultant.[4]
The five-year period that followed the launch of her book, Circles, saw the death of her father. While working as a Change Management specialist, she published Tendai (2013, science fiction) and The Justice (2013, political thriller).[5][6][7]
Awards
editIn 2014, Glover was a 2014 finalist for Africa's Most Influential Women (organized by CEO Communications, South Africa), and was the 2018 winner for Ghana's 40 Under 40 Awards (Authorship & Creative Writing category).[8] She was nominated for the Ghana Millennium Excellence Awards in 2020 under the category of English/Literature/Poetry.[9]
References
edit- ^ "About Boakyewaa Glover". Archived from the original on 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Writer for May - Boakyewaa Glover". Archived from the original on 2021-05-16.
- ^ "Goethe institute hosts Ghana Voices Series today".
- ^ "Meet Boakyewaa Glover who will be performing at 'Women of the World: Talking about a Revolution'". 4 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16.
- ^ "Boakyewaa Glover Becomes Latest Addition To D Akpabli Readathon".
- ^ "Book launch: The Justice by Boakyewaa Glover". Archived from the original on 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Boakyewaa Glover launches new novel".
- ^ "Full list of nominees for 2018 40 Under 40 Award".
- ^ "About Boakyewaa Glover". Archived from the original on 2021-11-11.