Dannabang Kuwabong

Dannabang Kuwabong is a Ghanaian Canadian. ^[1] He is an author, poet and professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture. He was born in Nanville in the Upper West Region of Ghana. ^[2] He has written many anthologies and edited academic journals. ^[3]

Education

Dannabang Kuwabong had his tertiary education at University of Ghana where he was awarded Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in English. ^[4] He also obtained a Magisteriate in Environmental Studies (MES) in Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada. He further went to the University of Stirling, Stirling, UK where he earned his master's degree in Modern Poetry in English and was given a Master of Letters (MLITT). He then went to McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada to do his doctoral degree in English in 1997 ^{[5] [6]}

Achievements

He has his works published in ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, Journal for the Association for Research on Mothering, Journal of Dagaare Studies, La Torre, Sargasso, Canadian Women's Studies /les cahiers de la femmes and Universitas. He co- authored English textbooks for Senior High School English Textbooks I, II, III ^[5]

Career

He has taught in tertiary institutions such as; Rivers State College of Education, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, University of Ghana and McMaster University, Canada. He is currently a teacher of Caribbean literature at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan ^{[5] [7]}

Books

• Konga and other Dagaaba Folktales. ^{[2] [8]}
• Visions of Venom (poetry)1995 ^[9]
• Echoes from Dusty Rivers (poetry) ^[2]
• Voices from Kibuli Country (Poem)2003 ^{[2] [10]}
• Caribbean Blues and Love's Genealogy(Poetry) 2008 ^[11]
• Naa Ko̳nga 1992 ^{[1] [12]}
• Myth Performance in the African Diasporas(Ritual, Theatre, and Dance) 2013 ^[13]
• Mothers and daughters
• Apocrypha of Nanny's secrets : the rhetoric of recovery in Africaribbean women's poetry 1997

References

1. Naa Konga. Woeli Publishing Services. 1992. ISBN   978-9964-978-07-5 . Retrieved 2020-08-11.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
2. Kuwabong, Dannabang (2013). Voices from Kibuli Country: Poems. TSAR Publications. ISBN   978-1-927494-28-8.
3. "Dr Kuwabong To Read Some Of His Famous Books At Goethe-Institut". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
4. "Dr Kuwabong To Read At Goethe-Institut". DailyGuide Network. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
5. "Inglés | Dannabang Kuwabong" . Retrieved 2020-08-11.
6. "Author for June -- Dannabang Kuwabong | Writers Project of Ghana". writersprojectghana.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
7. Calendar, The Events (2018-06-21). "Author for June — Dannabang Kuwabong". siro360. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
8. Kuwabong, Dannabang (1992). Naa ko̳nga: a collection of Dagaaba folktales. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services. ISBN   978-9964-978-07-5.
9. Kuwabong, Dannabang (1995). Visions of Venom and Other Poems. Woeli Pub. Services.
10. lisaparavisini (2015-02-08). "Kuwabong's poems work best in raw images of human suffering". Repeating Islands. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
11. Kuwabong, Dannabang (2008). Caribbean Blues and Love's Genealogy: Poems. TSAR. ISBN   978-1-894770-50-7.
12. Kuwabong, Dannabang (1992). Naa Ko̳nga: A Collection of Dagaaba Folktales. Woeli Publishing Services. ISBN   978-9964-978-07-5.
13. Brown, Benita; Kuwabong, Dannabang; Olsen, Christopher (2013-12-24). Myth Performance in the African Diasporas: Ritual, Theatre, and Dance. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-9280-4.