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Atukwei John Okai (15 March [1] – 13 July ) [2] was a Ghanaian poet, cultural activist and academic. [3] He was Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers' Association, and a president of the Ghana Association of Writers. His early work was published under the name John Okai.

List of poems by atukwei okai Atukwei Okai is a Ghanaian writer, cultural activist and academic. He is Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers' Association, and former president of the Ghana Association of Writers. His early work was published under the name John Okai.

Prof. Atukwei Okai was Biography. Atukwei Okai was born in in Accra, Ghana. His first collection of poems, Flowerfall, was published in June His other collections include Oath of the Fontonfrom and Other Poems (), Lorgorligi: Logarithms and Other Poems (), Freedom Symphony: Selected and New Love Poems () and Mandela the Spear and Other Poems.

Biography. Atukwei Okai was born Atukwei Okai was born in Accra, Ghana, in and was educated at the Gambaga Native Authority School, Nalerigu Middle Boys’ School (both in Northern Ghana), Methodist Middle Boys’ School (Accra) and Accra High School, before going to Moscow in , where he earned his M.A. (Litt.) from the Maxim Gorky Literary Institute in

African poet, born in Accra, Prof. Atukwei Okai was born John Atukwei Okai in Accra, Ghana, on 15th March and had his elementary education in Northern Ghana where his father worked as a school headmaster in Gambaga.

Atukwei John Okai was Atukwei John Okai (15 March – 13 July ) was a Ghanaian poet, cultural activist and academic. He was Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers' Association, and a president of the Ghana Association of Writers.

Atukwei Okai was a renowned Ghanaian Former President John Dramani Mahama has eulogized the late Professor Atukwei Okai, describing him as a genius and a unique oral poet. Prof. Okai passed away on Friday after a short illness at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

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