Nana Achampong
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Nana Sandy Achampong MA | |
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 Achampong at AUCC | |
| Born | November 26, 1964 (age 61) |
| Occupation | Author, academic |
| Alma mater | Ghana Institute of Journalism |
| Genre | Poetry, fiction, anthology, media |
| Notable works | The Ultimate Sacrifice, The Equilibrists, Sun of God, Adinkra (ī'kŏn')-cepts |
Nana Sandy Achampong (born 1964) is a Ghanaian media practitioner, novelist, poet and educator. He has worked in the fields of journalism, public relations, advertising, marketing, the visual arts and literature in Ghana, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1] He is an author of books that cover the different genres of poetry, play, for children, fiction, non-fiction, Christian, media and anthology.[2] He currently teaches at the African University College of Communications (AUCC),[3] where he is also the Director of the Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing.[4][5][6]
Achampong attended St. Hubert's Seminary School in Santasi, Kumasi. After completion and attaining his Advanced-Levels, he then furthered his study by joining the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Accra. At the American InterContinental University, he secured a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a specialization in Project Management where he offered a Master's programme in Education, specialization in Instructional Design and Technology.
Family
Achampong was born in Cape Coast on 26 November 1964, the third of seven siblings.[7] His mother, Beatrice Faustina Forson, who died on 6 December 2018, was the Principal of a midwifery school. His father, Welbeck Kwame Acheampong, was a lawyer. He died in 1995. His mother then remarried to Mr. Joseph Amoah (who died in 2012), a publishing distributor for Caffrey Saunders, UK.
