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Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
Ghanaian-American writer (born )
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah | |
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Born | () 13 September (age57) Accra, Ghana |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | American |
Notable work | Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression () |
Relatives | J.
B. Danquah (maternal grandfather); |
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 13 September ) is a Ghanaian-American writer, editor, journalist and public speaker, whose name at birth was Mildred Mary Nana-Ama Boakyewaa Brobby.[1] She is best known for her memoir Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression.
Her short story "When a Man Loves a Woman" was shortlisted for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing.[2]
Life
Danquah was born in Accra, Ghana, to Josephine Nana Korantemaa Danquah and Norbert Duke Brobby.[3] Her maternal grandfather is Dr J.
B. Danquah, a writer and prominent Ghanaian political figure,