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 (1940–2023), playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic Ama Asantewa Diaka (born 1988), poet, fiction writer, playwright Mary Asabea Ashun (born 1968), novelist and educator Portia Arthur (born 1990), author, writer and reporter Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983), novelist
B Adwoa Badoe, novelist Yaba Badoe (born 1954), novelist and filmmaker Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970), writer of young adult fiction Roseanne A. Brown (born 1995), novelist Margaret Busby, publisher and dramatist Abena Busia (born 1953), poet and academic Akosua Busia (born 1966), actress, novelist and screenwriter
C Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960), short story writer and educator Gladys May Casely-Hayford (1901–1950), poet Margaret Casely-Hayford (born 1959), public figure, lawyer, law book author
D Mabel Dove Danquah (1910–1984), short story writer and journalist Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 1967), memoirist Amma Darko (born 1956), novelist
G Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), novelist Ruby Yayra Goka (born 1982), young adult writer
H Afua Hirsch (born 1981), journalist
L Lesley Lokko (born 1964), novelist, architect and academic
M
Peace Adzo Medie, novelist and academic
O Nana Oforiatta Ayim, novelist, art historian and filmmaker Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (1936–2011), children's writer, publisher, educationist and politician
S Taiye Selasi (born 1979), novelist Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), playwright Esi Sutherland-Addy, academician, writer, educationalist, and human rights activist Margaret Safo (1957–2014), journalist and young adult novelist [also known as Peggy Oppong]
W
Mamle Wolo, novelist, short story writer
See also List of women writers List of Ghanaian writers
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