Yankah, Kwesi

The proverb in the context of Akan rhetoric
Book 1989

Summary: Kwesi Yankah is a Ghanaian academic, author, and university administrator. He is a professor of linguistics and oral literature specializing in the ethnography of communications. He has served as the Pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana and the president of the Central University. The author of several books, he was inducted as a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. He is currently the Ghanaian Minister of State in charge of tertiary education. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][4]
Birth Place: Ghana [4]
Country: Ghana [2]; United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: writer [4]
Employer: University of Ghana [4]
Work Place: Legon [2]
Educated at: University of Ghana [4]; Indiana University [4]
Country of Education: Ghana [4]; United States [4]
Yale LUX: Entity [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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