List of Ghanaian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Ghana or whose writings are closely associated with that country.A
- Ama Ata Aidoo, playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic
- Portia Arthur, author, writer and reporter
- Ayesha Harruna Attah, novelist
- Bisi Adjapon, Ghanaian-Nigerian writer
B
- Yaba Badoe, novelist and filmmaker
- Elizabeth-Irene Baitie, writer of young adult fiction
- Margaret Busby, publisher and dramatist
- Abena Busia, poet and academic
- Akosua Busia, actress, novelist and screenwriter
C
- Adelaide Casely-Hayford, short story writer and educator
- Gladys May Casely-Hayford, poet
- Cornelia Rowena Amoah writer, publisher, broadcast journalist
D
- Mabel Dove Danquah, short story writer and journalist
- Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, memoirist
- Amma Darko, novelist
G
- Yaa Gyasi, novelist
H
- Afua Hirsch, journalist
K
- Mamle Kabu, writer and development practitioner
L
- Lesley Lokko, novelist and academic
O
- Nana Oforiatta Ayim
- Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh, children's writer, publisher, educationist and politician
S
- Taiye Selasi, novelist
- Efua Sutherland, playwright
- Esi Sutherland-Addy, academician, writer, educationalist, and human rights activist
