Kofi Anyidoho

Kofi Anyidoho studied at University of Ghana, Indiana University Bloomington and University of Texas at Austin. The recorded working language is English, Ewe and Twi. Places of work recorded in the authority are Accra. Employment is recorded with University of Ghana and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. Works named in the authority record are Elegy for the Revolution, A Harvest of Our Dreams; With, Elegy for the Revolution: Poems, Earthchild, with Brain Surgery: Poems, Ancestral Logic and Caribbean Blues and The Place We Call Home and Other Poems: A Review Article. Distinctions recorded are ALA Distinguished Member Award and Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Name — Kofi Anyidoho • Birthplace — Wheta, Volta Region, Ghana • Education — University of Ghana; Indiana University Bloomington; University of Texas • Occupation — Poet and academic • Organisation — University of Ghana

Born in Wheta, in Ghana's Volta Region, Anyidoho was educated in Ghana and the USA, and holds a B.A. Honours degree in English & Linguistics from the University of Ghana, Legon, an M.A. in Folklore from Indiana University Bloomington and gained his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Having trained as a teacher at Accra Training College and at the Advanced Teacher Training College-Winneba, he taught primary, middle and secondary school, before joining the University of Ghana-Legon. Currently the Professor of Literature in the English Department, he has also been Director of the CODESRIA African Humanities Institute Program, acting Director of the School of Performing Arts and Head of the English Department. He was installed as the first occupant of the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies at the University of Ghana on 18 March 2010.

Kofi Anyidoho's poetry is noted for its distinctive approach of blending modern themes with traditional elements. It draws upon the three-chord structure of Ewe oral tradition to inspire hope. He not only writes with the background of Ewe oral tradition experiences but also enacts the very performance and oration of his poems in griotic style. • Elegy for the Revolution (1978) • A Harvest of Our Dreams (1985), Heinemann (paperback 1998), • Earthchild (1985), Woeli Publishing, • Ancestral Logic and Caribbean Blues (1992), Africa World Press, • Praise Song for the Land: Poems of Hope & Love & Care (2002). Foreword by Kofi Awoonor • The Place We Call Home and Other Poems (2011)

Anyidoho's academic writing includes: • The Pan African Ideal in Literatures of the Black World, Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 1989 • Transcending Boundaries: the diaspora experience in African heritage literatures, Evanston: Northwestern University, 1995 • The Word Behind Bars and the Paradox of Exile, Northwestern University Press (1997), • Kofi Anyidoho and James Gibbs (eds), Fontomfrom. Contemporary Ghanaian Literature, Theatre and Film, Editions Rodopi B.V. (2000), • Poetry as Dramatic Performance in Tejumola Olaniyan and Ato Quayson's African Literature: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory

Works recorded as notable number 5: Elegy for the Revolution, A Harvest of Our Dreams; With, Elegy for the Revolution: Poems, Earthchild, with Brain Surgery: Poems, Ancestral Logic and Caribbean Blues and The Place We Call Home and Other Poems: A Review Article.

Kofi Anyidoho is recorded with the occupation teacher of literature. Recorded with the occupation literary scholar. Anyidoho worked at Accra. Recorded as having studied at University of Ghana, Indiana University Bloomington and University of Texas at Austin. Career and activity. He was employed by University of Ghana and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. He belonged to African Literature Association and Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. He worked at Accra.