Dannabang Kuwabong is a Ghanaian Canadian. He is an author, poet and professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture. He was born in Nanville in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He has written many anthologies and edited academic journals.
Education
Dannabang Kuwabong had his tertiary education at University of Ghana where he was awarded Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in English. He also obtained a Magisteriate in Environmental Studies (MES) in Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada. He further went to the University of Stirling, Stirling, UK where he earned his master's degree in Modern Poetry in English and was given a Master of Letters (MLITT). He then went to McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada to do his doctoral degree in English in 1997
Achievements
He has his works published in ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, Journal for the Association for Research on Mothering, Journal of Dagaare Studies, La Torre, Sargasso, Canadian Women's Studies /les cahiers de la femmes and Universitas. He co- authored English textbooks for Senior High School English Textbooks I, II, III
Career
He has taught in tertiary institutions such as ; Rivers State College of Education, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, University of Ghana and McMaster University, Canada. He is currently a teacher of Caribbean literature at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
Books
Konga and other Dagaaba Folktales. Visions of Venom (poetry)1995 Echoes from Dusty Rivers (poetry) Voices from Kibuli Country (Poem)2003 Caribbean Blues and Love's Genealogy(Poetry) 2008 Naa Ko̳nga 1992 Myth Performance in the African Diasporas(Ritual, Theatre, and Dance) 2013 Mothers and daughters Apocrypha of Nanny's secrets : the rhetoric of recovery in Africaribbean women's poetry 1997
References
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian people of Ghanaian descent Caribbean literature Rivers State University people Academic staff of the University of Port Harcourt Academic staff of the University of Ghana Academic staff of McMaster University University of Puerto Rico faculty