Amu Djoleto

Solomon Alexander Amu Djoleto (born 22 July 1929) is a Ghanaian writer and educator.^[1]

Life

Amu Djoleto was born at Manyakpogunor, Manya Krobo, Ghana, the son of Frederick Badu, a Presbyterian minister, and Victoria Shome Tetteh, "a modest trader".^[1] He was educated at Accra Academy and St. Augustine's College, Cape Coast before reading English at the University of Ghana. He joined Ghana's Ministry of Education in the 1960s as a teacher and education officer. After studying textbook production at the Institute of Education, University of London, he returned to Ghana to edit the Ghana Teachers' Journal.^[2] At one point heading the Ministry of Education's publishing programme, he has continued to work for the Ministry of Education.^[3]

Djoleto contributed to the poetry anthologies Voices of Ghana (1958) and Messages (1970), and his poems were collected in Amid the Swelling Act.^[2] He is best known for his novels, the first of which was The Strange Man (1967).

Works

Novels

The Strange Man, London, Heinemann, 1967. African Writers Series, no. 41.
Money Galore, London [etc.]: Heinemann, 1975. African Writers Series, no. 160.
Hurricane of Dust, 1987

Poetry

Amid the Swelling Act, 1992

Children's books

Obodai Sai, 1990
Twins in Trouble, 1991
The Frightened Thief, 1992
The Girl who Knows about Cars, 1996
Kofi Loses his Way, 1996
Akos and the Fire Ghost, 1998

Other

English practice for the African student, 1967
(ed. with T. H. S. Kwami) West African Prose, Heinemann Educational Books, 1972.
The Ghana Book Development Council: aims and objectives, 1976
Books and reading in Ghana, 1985

References

^ ^a ^b Sharon Malinowski, ed. (1994). Black Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors. Cengage Gale. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8103-7788-2. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b G. D. Killam, Alicia L. Kerfoot, ed. (2008). Student Encyclopedia of African Literature. ABC-CLIO. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-313-33580-8. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^ S. A. Amu Djoleto (1968). The Strange Man. Heinemann. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-435-90041-0. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

[Malinowski1994-1] Sharon Malinowski, ed. (1994). Black Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors. Cengage Gale. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8103-7788-2. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

[KerfootKerfoot2008-2] G. D. Killam, Alicia L. Kerfoot, ed. (2008). Student Encyclopedia of African Literature. ABC-CLIO. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-313-33580-8. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

[Djoleto1968-3] S. A. Amu Djoleto (1968). The Strange Man. Heinemann. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-435-90041-0. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

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