Abena Busia

Abena Busia
Born
Abena Pokua Adompim Busia

1953 (age 70–71)
Accra, Ghana
Education
Occupation(s)Lecturer, writer, poet, feminist, diplomat
Parents
RelativesAkosua Busia (sister)

Abena Pokua Adompim Busia (born 1953) is a Ghanaian writer, poet, feminist, lecturer and diplomat. She is a daughter of the former prime minister of Ghana, Kofi Abrefa Busia, and is the sister of actress Akosua Busia. Busia is an associate professor of Literature in English, and of women's and gender studies at Rutgers University.[1][2][3][4] She is Ghana's ambassador to Brazil, appointed in 2017,[5][6] with accreditation to the other 12 republics of South America.[7]

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  5. ^ "Here's a full list of Akufo-Addo's 22 newly appointed Ambassadors". 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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