Kabral Blay Amihere

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Kabral Blay-Amihere
Born
Ekwe, Western Region, Ghana
Alma mater St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast)
University of Ghana
Occupation(s)Journalist, Lecturer, Editor
Known forJournalist, Diplomat

Kabral Blay-Amihere is Ghanaian journalist and diplomat. He is currently the Chairman of the National Media Commission of Ghana, a constitutional body charged with promoting a free and responsible press in his country. [1]

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Early life

Kabral was born at Ekwe, a village in the Western Region (Ghana). At age 28, he became the director of the Ghana Institute of Journalism. [2]

Education

Kabral attended St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast). He is an alumnus of the University of Ghana, Legon, the London School of Economics and is a Nieman Fellow [3] of Harvard University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in civil law by the University of Sierra Leone in 2007

Career

He previously served as Ghana's High Commissioner to Sierra Leone (2001-2005) and Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire (2006-2009). [4] [5] [6] He was replaced by Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi as the High Commissioner of Ghana to Sierra Leone. [7] He worked as a journalist for 25 years before his transition to the world of diplomacy. During this period, he edited a number of publications in Ghana and was publisher/editor at The Independent, established in 1989. He also contributed to several international publications. He was at one time general secretary and president of the Ghana Journalists Association, president of the West African Journalists Association and executive member of both the Commonwealth Journalists Association and the International Federation of Journalists. A former director of the Ghana Institute of Journalism and part-time lecturer at Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kabral Blay-Amihere | AU Herald". Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  2. ↑ "Kwaku Sakyi-Addo - KWAKU one-on-one". sakyi-addo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Kabral Blay-Amihere Archives".
  4. ↑ "World Diplomatic Guide - Ghana: and Trade Development News". www.ghanadiplomaticguide.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere Presents Letters of Credence".
  7. ↑ Brandful, William G. M. (2013). Personal Reflections of a Ghanaian Foreign Service Officer - Whither Ghanaian Diplomacy?. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4809-0006-6.
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