List of Ghanaian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Ghana or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023), playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic
• Ama Asantewa Diaka (born 1988), poet, fiction writer, playwright
• Mary Asabea Ashun (1968–), novelist and educator
• Portia Arthur (born 1990), author, writer and reporter
• Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983), novelist

B

• Adwoa Badoe, novelist
• Yaba Badoe (born 1955), novelist and filmmaker
• Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970), writer of young adult fiction
• Roseanne A. Brown (born 1995), novelist
• Margaret Busby, publisher and dramatist
• Abena Busia (1953– ), poet and academic
• Akosua Busia (1966– ), actress, novelist and screenwriter

C

• Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), short story writer and educator
• Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950), poet
• Margaret Casely-Hayford (born 1959), public figure, lawyer, law book author

D

• Mabel Dove Danquah (1910–1984), short story writer and journalist
• Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 1967), memoirist
• Amma Darko (born 1956), novelist

G

• Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), novelist
• Ruby Yayra Goka (born 1982), young adult writer

H

• Afua Hirsch (born 1981), journalist

L

• Lesley Lokko (born 1964), novelist, architect and academic

M

• Peace Adzo Medie, novelist and academic

O

• Nana Oforiatta Ayim, novelist, art historian and filmmaker
• Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (1936–2011), children's writer, publisher, educationist and politician

S

• Taiye Selasi (born 1979), novelist
• Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), playwright
• Esi Sutherland-Addy, academician, writer, educationalist, and human rights activist
• Margaret Safo (1957–2014), journalist and young adult novelist [also known as Peggy Oppong]

W

• Mamle Wolo, novelist, short story writer

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Ghanaian writers