Voices of Ghana

Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System 1955–57 was "the first Ghanaian literary anthology of poems, stories, plays and essays".^[1] Edited by Henry Swanzy and published in 1958 by the Ghanaian ,^[2] Voices of Ghana contained works that had been broadcast on the Ghana radio programmes , Sound Judgement and Akan Theatre (later Ghana Theatre) between 1955 and 1957. The collection opened with an essay, "The Poetry of Drums", by Kwabena Nketia,^[3] and the writers anthologised included Frank Parkes, , Kwesi Brew, Cameron Duodu, Amu Djoleto, Efua T. Sutherland Robert K. Gardiner and Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty.^[1]^[4] According to Nigerian writer Cyprian Ekwensi, the anthology was Ghana's declaration of its "literary achievement" and was "bound to lead to intense literary awakening throughout the coast".^[5]

Second edition 2018[]

To mark the 60th anniversary of the original publication Voices of Ghana was edited by Victoria Ellen Smith and published by James Currey, with a Preface by Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and a Foreword by Atukwei Okai.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Angmor, Charles (1996). Contemporary Literature in Ghana 1911–1978: A Critical Evaluation. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9964-978-20-0.
^ Henry Swanzy (ed.), Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955–57, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1958.
^ Anyidiho, Kofi (2000), "National Identity and the Language of Metaphor", in Kofi Anyidoho and James Gibbs (eds), FonTomFrom: Contemporary Ghanaian Literature, Theatre and Film (Matatu Nos 21–22), Rodopi, p. 12.
^ ^a ^b "Voices of Ghana (African Edition)" | Contents, Boydell & Brewer.
^ Dodd, Jeffrey (2020), "Voices of Ghana, 2nd Edition", Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 54:2, 345–346, DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2020.1731183.

External links[]

Victoria Ellen Smith (ed.), Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955–57, 2nd Edition, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, 2018

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[Angmor-1] Angmor, Charles (1996). Contemporary Literature in Ghana 1911–1978: A Critical Evaluation. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9964-978-20-0.

[2] Henry Swanzy (ed.), Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955–57, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1958.

[3] Anyidiho, Kofi (2000), "National Identity and the Language of Metaphor", in Kofi Anyidoho and James Gibbs (eds), FonTomFrom: Contemporary Ghanaian Literature, Theatre and Film (Matatu Nos 21–22), Rodopi, p. 12.

[2nd_edition-4] "Voices of Ghana (African Edition)" | Contents, Boydell & Brewer.

[5] Dodd, Jeffrey (2020), "Voices of Ghana, 2nd Edition", Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 54:2, 345–346, DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2020.1731183.

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