Asare Konadu

Samuel Asare Konadu (18 January 1932 – 1994) was a Ghanaian journalist, novelist and publisher, who also wrote under the pseudonym Kwabena Asare Bediako.

Biography

Born in Asamang, Ashanti Region, Gold Coast, Asare Konadu attended local primary and middle schools before studying at Abuakwa State College. He entered the Ghana Information Service in 1951, and also worked as a reporter for the Gold Coast Broadcasting Service. In 1956 he was sent abroad by the government to study in London and at Strasbourg University, joining the Ghana News Agency on his return to Ghana in 1957 Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime was reviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1969, and as a guest to the United States State Department in 1972 he was interviewed by the Voice of America (VOA).

He also published popular literature from his own imprint, Anowuo Educational Publications, under the name Kwabena Asare Bediako.

Works

• Wizard of Asamang, Accra, Ghana: Waterville Pub. House, 1964
• The Lawyer Who Bungled His Life, Accra: Waterville Pub. House, 1965
• Come Back Dora: a husband's confession and ritual, Accra: Anowuo Educational Publications, 1966
• Shadow of Wealth, Accra, Anowuo Educational Publications, 1966
• (as Kwabena Asare Bediako) Don't Leave me MERCY, Anowuo Educational Publications, 1966
• (as Kwabena Asare Bediako) A Husband for Esi Ellua, Anowuo Educational Publications, 1967
• A Woman in Her Prime, 1967. African Writers Series 40. London: Heinemann.
• Night Watchers of Korlebu, Accra: Anowuo Educational Publications, 1967
• Ordained by the Oracle, 1969. African Writers Series 55. London: Heinemann.
• Devils in Making, Accra : Anowuo Educational Publications, 1989
• The Coup Makers, Accra : S.A. Konadu; 1994.

Currently, his titles are being published by Adaex Educational Publications.