Kodjo Deynoo
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Kodjo Deynoo | |
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| Born | Kodjo Dee 27 December Accra, Ghana |
| Occupation(s) | Author, poet, |
Kodjo Dee also known as The Man With The Plan, is a British Ghanaian poet.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Kodjo Dee spent his early years of education in Ghana, completing SHS at St. Johns Grammar Secondary School in Accra, Achimota. He completed his first degree and Masters in Britain at the University of the West of England. After completion, he undertook a one-year poetry class course with the Bristol Art Council, he also worked in the built environment in the UK for many years before coming back to Ghana to form a Risk Consultancy Firm.[2] His work, The Queen’s Speech and When Good Men Go To War was published on the United Nations website in a poetry for peace contest.[3] In 2013 Kodjo's poetry blog won Best Original Content at Ghana's Blogcamp award ceremony which was titled Content is King. The Award is recognised and supported by many organisations including, the American Embassy in Ghana and Google’s office in Ghana.[4]
Kodjo featured in Kwame Writes, Vocal portraits 2 album with a song titled My Area Girl with Yogendra, Ansong featured and produced by Drumnayshin in 2015[5][6][7]
In 2018 Kodjo worked with Jake the Songbird and Painy kella on a few songs which included, Street Melodies, TipToe Lane, Oh What a Life, Mama Pray for Me, How I 4 Do, Bre bre Obaa hemma.
Selected published works
[edit]- I Learnt Yoga, I Do Yoga
- Obama Care[8]
- Story, Story Told[9]
- St. Catherine At Court[10]
- A Message In A Shell[11]
- Lost Love[12]
- Phoenix Breaths[12]
- I Love A Book[12]
- Briss Bristol[12]
- The Drinking Pub House[12]
- What Is Wave Length[13]
- Don't Let Me Fall[14]
- A Ghanaian Caskets[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "One Ghana, One Voice: Author Profile - Kodjo Deynoo". oneghanaonevoice.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Poets United: Life of a Poet ~ Kodjo Deynoo". poetryblogroll.blogspot.com. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Poetry for Peace: The Queens Speech". un.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "#BlogCamp13 Part 2: Ghana Blog and Social Media Awards". Kinna Reads. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Review of Vocal Portraits 2". CediTalk. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Vocal Portraits". Inkfluent. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Kwame Write | CulArtBlog | Page 2". culartblog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "My Broken Brolly Poem by Kodjo Deynoo". Poem Hunter. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Story, Story Told Poem by Kodjo Deynoo". Poem Hunter. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "St. Catherine At Court Poem by Kodjo Deynoo". Poem Hunter. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "A Message In A Shell Poem by Kodjo Deynoo". Poem Hunter. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ a b c d e "Kodjo Deynoo". Hello Poetry. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Poetry: What Is Wave Length". Wamathai. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Poetry: Don't Let Me Fall". Wamathai. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "....Kodjo Deynoo Poetry (K.D.P) An Impressionist Poet: A Ghanaian Caskets". poetrysoundbites.blogspot.com. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-26.