Henneh Kyereh Kwaku

Poet

Orange, CA
California US
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Author's Bio

Henneh Kyereh Kwaku is a Poet and Health Educator from Gonasua/Drobo in the Bono Region of Ghana. He's the author of Revolution of the Scavengers (African Poetry Book Fund x Akashic Books, 2020). He was a 2022 resident at the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) and a two-time recipient of the Samira Bawumia Literature Prize (2020, poetry and 2022, Nonfiction). He is the founder and co-host of the Church of Poetry on Twitter Spaces. His poems/essays/hybrids have appeared or are forthcoming in the Academy of American Poets’ A-Poem-A-Day, Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, World Literature Today, Lolwe, Agbowó, Tupelo Quarterly, Air/Light Magazine, Tampered Press, Poetry Society of America, CGWS, New South Journal, & Olongo Africa. He lives in Orange, CA, where he studies Creative Writing at Chapman University. He shares memes on Twitter/Instagram at @kwaku_kyereh.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Revolution of the Scavengers (Akashic Books, 2020)
Journals:
Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day
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Poetry Magazine
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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Black
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Ghana
Raised in: 
Ghana
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Last update: Oct 10, 2023