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Abena Busia
Born
Abena Pokua Adompim Busia

1953 (age 70–71)
Accra, Ghana
Education
  • St Anne's College, Oxford
  • St. Antony's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Lecturer, writer, poet, feminist, diplomat
Parents
  • Kofi Abrefa Busia (father)
  • Naa Morkor Busia (mother)
RelativesAkosua Busia (sister)

Abena Pokua Adompim Busia (born 1953) is a Ghanaian writer, poet, feminist, lecturer and diplomat. She is a daughter of the former prime minister of Ghana, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and is the sister of actress Akosua Busia. Busia is an associate professor of Literature in English, and of women's and gender studies at Rutgers University.[1][2][3][4] She is Ghana's ambassador to Brazil, appointed in 2017,[5][6] with accreditation to the other 12 republics of South America.[7]

  1. ^ "Abena P. A. Busia". The Feminist Press. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Busia, Abena P. A. 1953–". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Celebrating Professor Abena Busia: Works and Achievements | The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)". awdf.org. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  4. ^ Serwaa, Abena (22 September 2009). "Ramblings of a Procrastinator in Accra: When Samia met Abena: Two Daughters, Two Legacies and One Meeting". Ramblings of a Procrastinator in Accra. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Here's a full list of Akufo-Addo's 22 newly appointed Ambassadors". 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Prez Akufo-Addo swears in five new envoys". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Abena Busia" at Women's Learning Partnership.

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