List of Ghanaian poets

Notable poets from Ghana include:

A

• Awuah Mainoo Gabriel (b.1996]
• Adjei Agyei-Baah (b.1977)
• P. A. K. Aboagye (1925–2001)
• Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (b. 1916)
• Padmore Enyonam Agbemabiese (b. 1965)
• Ama Ata Aidoo (b. 1942)
• Akwasi Aidoo (b. 1950)
• Kofi Anyidoho (b. 1947)
• Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953)
• Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013)

B

• J. Benibengor Blay (b. 1915)
• Kwesi Brew (1928–2007)
• Abena Busia (b. 1953)

C

• Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950)

D

• Nana Awere Damoah (b. 1975)
• Lawrence Darmani (b. 1956)
• Kwame Dawes (b. 1962)
• Joe de Graft (1924–1978)
• Amu Djoleto (b. 1929)
• Cameron Duodu (b. 1937)

H

• Henneh Kyereh Kwaku is a poet. He's from Gonasua in the Bono Region of Ghana. In 2012, he was among 2020 students to receive the President's Independence Day Awards. He graduated from the University of Health and Allied Sciences with a Bachelor of Public Health degree in Disease Control. His chapbook, Revolution of the Scavengers was selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani as part of the 2020 New-Generation African Poets Series Boxset: SABA. (b. 1996)

K

• Koo Kumi (b. 1994)

L

• Kojo Laing (1946–2017)

O

• Atukwei Okai (1941–2018)

P

• Frank Kobina Parkes (1923–2004)
• Nii Parkes (b. 1974)

S

• Efua Sutherland (1924–1996)
• Sarpong Kumankoma (b.1996]