Joe de Graft

Joe de Graft
Born
Joseph Coleman de Graft

(1924-04-02)2 April 1924
Cape Coast, Gold Coast
Died1 November 1978(1978-11-01) (aged 54)
Ghana
Alma materUniversity College of the Gold Coast
Occupation(s)Writer, playwright and dramatist
Known forFirst director of the Ghana Drama Studio

Joseph Coleman de Graft (2 April 1924 – 1 November 1978) was a prominent Ghanaian writer, playwright and dramatist, who was appointed the first director of the Ghana Drama Studio in 1962. He produced and directed plays for radio, stage and television, as well as acting, and was also a poet and educator.[1][2]

  1. ^ Albert S. Gérard (ed.), European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, John Benjamins Publishing, 1986, p. 825.
  2. ^ Vincent O. Odamtten, "De Graft, Joseph Coleman", in Simon Gikandi (ed.), Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge, 2003, p. 191.