Benedicta Kyeremaa Addai is a Ghanaian poet whose work explores womanhood, silence, and selfhood. Her poems have appeared in Creative Project GH, The Feminist Code, and Global Writers Project. She is an alumna of the Spring Writing Fellowship and the 2023 Nadelí Café Bootcamp.
Christopher Armoh is a Ghanaian poet and cultural storyteller. He holds a B.A in English from KNUST, where he graduated in 2022. His work explores identity, culture, social consciousness, nature, and sustainability.
In 2025, he won the Adinkra Poetry Prize. His writing has appeared in Brittle Paper, and his poems “Focus on Africa” and “Negro” feature in Of Voices and Movements, an anthology by KNUST’s English Department. “Focus on Africa” is studied by second-year students.
He hosts the Take Um So Podcast and founded BOYS & BOOKS, a literacy-focused book club launched in December 2024 and active since January 2025.
Denoo Edinam Yawo is a Ghanaian poet and writer whose work delves into themes of the body, the politics of language, spirituality, and faith at the intersection of living. She is a 2025 Black Atlantic Residency Fellow, the 2024 Second Runner-Up and the 2025 First Runner-Up of the Adinkra Poetry Prize. She is also a recipient of the 2025 DUAPA Mentorship Program. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming in The Kalahari Review, Akpata Magazine, Akowdee Magazine and others.
Eastwind-Blessmann Jewell is known in the creative space as Jewell King-Speaks. Jewell is a dynamic and passionate spoken word artist from Ghana and he has won ten poetry slams in the country. He was the first to represent Ghana in the World Poetry Slam and he is known for captivating audiences with powerful performances that blend storytelling, social commentary, and cultural expression. Jewell has performed internationally across West Africa and beyond to amplify the voices of the marginalized and connect communities through art. He is also the co-founder of Back2kcab poetry and rhetoric orchestra.
Emmanuel Papa Quansah is a Ghanaian poet born and raised in Takoradi, Ghana. He holds a Bachelor of Education (Arts) in English with History from the University of Cape Coast, where he also served as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of English. His poetry draws on personal experiences and extends to explore themes such as postcolonial memory, intergenerational trauma, religion, gender, etc. His works have appeared or are forthcoming in notable journals, including Kalahari Review, Rigorous, Spillwords Press, Literary Yard, and All Poetry. His poems, "Echoes of the Chain" and "Meditation on the Coast," first published in Rigorous, have also appeared in the maiden edition of the Ghana Poetry Festival Anthology. He was a finalist for the 2025 Adinkra Poetry Prize and a fellow of the Sprinng Writers Fellowship (9th Cohort).
Papa believes in the transformative power of poetry to create a safer and more just world, making it a better place. When not writing, he enjoys reading African fiction and engaging with political discourse.
Estella Esinam Apenuvor is a Ghanaian poet and English language teacher with a deep passion for African literature. She co-won the Adinkra Poetry Prize in 2023, placed as second runner-up for the Abena Korantemaa Oral History Prize in 2020, and was shortlisted for the Samira Bawumia Literature Prize that same year. Her poems and essays have appeared in Writers Space Africa-Ghana and the Journal of the Writers Project of Ghana. Estella is also the founder of Upstage Edutainment, an initiative that nurtures young talents and uses performance and literature to spark critical conversations in schools.
Jedidiah Henaku-Budu is a multidisciplinary creative thinker with interests spanning poetry, technology, and personal growth. Currently a student and an avid debater, he blends analytical rigor with emotional insight in his work. He’s committed to continuous learning, self-discipline, and meaningful expression across both digital and artistic domains.
I’m Okaibea-Larbi Pearldrina,a level 400 electrical and electronic engineering student in the university of mines and technology.I'm 21 years of age. I love writing and spoken word.
Derrick Osae-Koranteng is a Biomedical Sciences student and emerging writer writing as Scott Frost with a passion for storytelling, poetry, and African identity. His work often explores themes of ancestry, tradition, and memory, drawing inspiration from everyday life and Ghana’s rich oral heritage. When not writing, he participates in debate, academic competitions, and creative projects that amplify youth voices.
Richard De-Graft Tawiah is Ghanaian writer of poetry, spoken word and personal essays whose writing has appeared in CGWS, Nenta Journal, De Colonial Passage, Global Writers Project and Pure Wata Zine, among others. His work explores the environment, identity and the social impact of broken homes.
He is a 2025 Adinkra Poetry Prize finalist, a 2023 Nadéli Creative Cafe Bootcamp alumnus, a two-time performer on Don’t Let This Become Public, and the author of In My Diary Poetry, a monthly newsletter on Substack.
My emotions, thoughts, and observations weigh me down as this world crumbles...I weave pieces of sorrow together to bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality. Growing up, I wish to share the sorrows of every broken limb, heart, and family through poetry. My poem stems from mass destruction from war, mental health that is rapping people of their sanity, politics, customs and Traditions. I write in a car, bus stop, church, wherever, whenever the emotions strike me. I love to write mostly in free verse, stanzaic and haiku and metrically in Trochaic tetrameter. When you see the palace bird perching, ask about the King's tail, and you will be told that I AM A MELANCHOLIC POET, THIS IS MY CONCESSION.