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Meri nana-ama danquah biography for kids
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
Ghanaian-American writer (born 1967)
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-09-13) 13 September 1967 (age 57) Accra, Ghana |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Notable work | Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression (1998) |
| Relatives | J.
B. Danquah (maternal grandfather); |
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 13 September 1967) 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 1998 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 2022 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