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Asare Konadu
Ghanaian writer, journalist, novelist, and publisher
Samuel Asare Konadu (18 January 1932 – 1994) was a Ghanaian journalist, novelist, and publisher who also wrote under the pseudonym Kwabena Asare Bediako.[1]
Biography
Born in Asamang, Ashanti Region, Gold Coast, Asare Konadu attended local primary and middle schools before studying at Abuakwa State College.
He entered the Ghana Information Service in 1951, and also worked as a reporter for the Gold Coast Broadcasting Service.[2]
In 1956 he was sent abroad by the government to study in London and at Strasbourg University, joining the Ghana News Agency on his return to Ghana in 1957.[3]
Works
Konadu's narrative strategy is considered unique among his Ghanaian contemporaries at the time that three stylistic features were notable in Ghanaian prose fiction.
According to Charles Angmor, one being the "simple plot with simple character" and the other being the "intricate p