G. A. Agambila is author for May 2021
Writers Project of Ghana and the Goethe-Institut Ghana invite you to a reading with Ghanaian author Dr Gheysika Adombire Agambila as our author for the month of May 2021. Join us for the reading and interactions at Goethe-Institut Ghana on Wednesday 26th May at 7 PM. The event will also be live on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.
Gheysika Agambila is the author of the novels Journey, Emigrant and the children's books Solma and Nature Stories. He is also the author of three plays: The Mad Man of Bolga, Neighbours and Oh God, Give Me Another Life. Agambila will read from his latest novel, The Shrinking Bowl.
Dr Gheysika Adombire Agambila was educated in Navrongo and Achimota Secondary School. He then continued his education in the USA at the Brandeis University (B.A.), University of Rochester, (M.B.A.) and New York University (Ph.D.). After working for many years in the USA, he returned to Ghana.
Dr Agambila has been a Deputy Minister of State in the Ghanaian government serving in the Finance and Economic Planning, Harbours and Railways, and Science and Environment Ministries. He was a Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School and Senior Lecturer of Public Finance at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), and worked in financial consultancy services in Seirra Leone and for the National Development Planning Commsion of Ghana. He was a member of Ghana’s Constitutional Review Implementation Committee. He has also been a Treasurer and Vice President of the Ghana Association of Writers (GAW).
Do join us for this reading and discussion via any of the means provided below. You can also join the event in person. Safety protocols will be observed.
Do join us for this reading and discussion via any of the means provided below. You can also join the event in person. Safety protocols will be observed.
Date: Wednesday, 26th May, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM - 8.00 PM
Online: IG (@writersPG) / FB (Writers Project of Ghana) / Youtube (@WPGTV)
Zoom: Meeting-ID: 841 3019 9675 Password: E5ZjMK
Venue: Goethe-Institut, 30 Kakramadu Close, East Cantonments, Accra.