Blay, J. Benibengor
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Name (Latin)
Blay, J. Benibengor
Date of birth
1915
Associated country
Ghana
Field of activity
Chapbooks
Drama
Fiction
Poetry
Popular literature
Occupation
Journalists
Legislators
Authors
Culture ministers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BLAY, J. Benibengor; born 1915, Half Assini, Western Ghana; Ghanaian writer of fiction, poetry, and drama; in 1958, he was elected a member of the Ghanaian National Assembly and later became Minister of Arts and Culture under President Kwame Nkrumah ( (GhanaNation wesite, March 24, 2016) )
- Wikipedia, November 3, 2016(J. Benibengor Blay (born 1915) was a Ghanaian journalist, writer, publisher and politician, who has been called "the father of popular writing in Ghana". His work encompasses fiction, poetry and drama published in chapbooks that have been compared with Onitsha Market Literature; born in Half Assini, Western Ghana; educated at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London; in 1958 was elected to the Ghanaian National Assembly, and later served as Minister for Art and Culture (1965-66) under Kwame Nkrumah)
- Author's Tales for boys and girls, 1966.