Goethe Abansoro

Goethe Abansoro © Goethe-Institut Ghana

Wed, 13.04.2022

7:00 PM

Goethe-Institut Ghana

Goethe Abansoro is back this year, happening live in person on 13. April 2022 at 7.00PM GMT on the institute’s terrace. Poets A’bena and Nana Yaa Asante Darko will be our guests for the night of poetry on the terrace, moderated by Agana-Nsiire Agana.

A'bena is a Benino-Ghanaian poet based in Accra. Her work is centred around women and girls' rights Advocacy. She has been published in the third issue of the CGW Series and is better known for her poetry performances.  She is also a writer and believes in the power of the literary arts to propel social change.

Nana Yaa Asante Darko is a writer of poetry and fiction. Her work has appeared in various print and online magazines over the years. In addition to literature, she spends her time working as a sustainability financial analyst with a focus on climate risk.

Agana-Nsiire Agana is a Ghanaian writer and academic currently based in Scotland, where he is pursuing a PhD in Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. Agana has published poetry and short stories locally and internationally, and is currently working on his first novel. Agana draws on an eclectic educational background spanning zoology, software, business, theology, philosophy, and history to explore themes of humanity, spirituality, and meaning in the world. His most recent work appears in Resilience, a literary collection by the Writers Project of Ghana.
 

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