Ekow Duker
Ekow Duker is a fiction author living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa, most notably recognised for his novel White Wahala, which was shortlisted for the European Union Literary Award in 2011/2012. Duker was educated in Ghana, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. He worked as an oil field engineer before becoming a banker, and then as an author. Aside from writing, Ekow works as a corporate strategist and in banking.[1]
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| Occupation | Engineer, Banker, Writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
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Works
Ekow Duker self-published his first book, before being signed with Pan MacMillan[2]
Fiction
- White Wahala (2014)
- Dying in New York (2014)
- What will we do about Frikkie? (2015)
Personal life
Ekow Duker was married in 2009 and has two children, a boy and a girl. His wife died in 2012 due to a liver condition.
Duker is a devout Christian and expresses these views in his writing.[3]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Oh Lord: It looks a lot like curtains". 16 April 2014.
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