British performance poet, writer, publisher and broadcaster (born 1974)
Nii Parkes
Born
Nii Ayikwei Parkes (1974-04-01) 1 April 1974 (age 50) Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Pen name
K.P. Kojo
Occupation
Novelist, editor, poet, broadcaster, essayist
Alma mater
Achimota School Manchester Metropolitan University Birkbeck College[1]
Period
1999–present
Genre
Fiction, poetry
Subject
Semiotics
Literary movement
Anansesem, Postmodernism
Notable works
Tail of the Blue Bird, The Makings of You
Notable awards
Prix Laure Bataillon
Relatives
J. C. E. Parkes Kofi Awoonor
Website
www.niiparkes.com
Nii Ayikwei Parkes (/ˌniːˈiˈaɪˈɪkweɪˈpɑːrks/;[2] born 1 April 1974),[3] born in the United Kingdom to parents from Ghana, where he was raised, is a performance poet, writer, publisher and sociocultural commentator. He is one of 39 writers aged under 40 from sub-Saharan Africa who in April 2014 were named as part of the Hay Festival's prestigious Africa39 project.[4] He writes for children under the name K.P. Kojo.[5]
^Website bio
^"Interview with Nii Ayikwei Parkes". Video by Pen International, 28 April 2011.
^Open Directory Project.
^List of artists Africa39, Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts.
^K.P. Kojo profile on Penguin website, Penguin, UK publisher.
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