Akorfa Dawson specialises in assisting creatives find purpose in their creative expressions: whether as a career path, for social impact (creative activism) or as a therapeutic endeavour). She is a two-time published author under the auspices of the Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing’s thematic anthologies. She is also a contributing writer of The Big Yellow Post: An Anthology on Gendered Violence, which was compiled as part of the activities for a creative activism project she partook in, against gender-based violence.
When not writing, reading or managing NadèLI (a creative social enterprise that unearths, nurtures and supports creativity), Akorfa reads law as a final year student at the University of Ghana, Legon.
Participant, British Council Multiplier Lab
Winner, Young Afrikan Writing Competition (June)
Executive Producer, The Ink Up Podcast
Associate Producer, On-Lawful
Alumna, Gamechangers Academy
Participant, International Criminal Justice Training, African Centre for International Criminal Justice
Participant, British Council Nigeria Creative Enterprise Programme
Participant, Young Creative Writers Lab by Readers Truss and Goethe-Institut, Ghana
Participant, University of Iowa International Writing Programme on Speculative Fiction with Nisi Shawl
2eweboys.com Indece Writers’ Retreat with Nana Awere Damoah and Alba K. Sumprim
Tampered Press Fiction Workshop with Ama Asantewa “Poetra” Diaku
Contributing Author, Adabraka: Stories from the Centre of the World
Contributing Author, The Big Yellow Post: An Anthology on Gendered Violence
Winner, Creative Writers Academy (CWA) Mother’s Day Poetry Competition
Contributing Author, Larabanga: Stories from the Savannah
One of the forty young creatives incubated under the Ghana Must Go: Forward Project under the auspices of the British Council and Nubuke Foundation
The Writers and Readers Grotto Writers’ Retreat at Springfield facilitated by Nana Awere Damoah and Alba K. Sumprim
PaGya Literary Festival Short Fiction Workshop with Chuma Nwokolo and Billy Kahora
Member, Law Students’ Union (LSU) Library and Editorial Board
Member, LSU Blog Team
Editor-in-Chief, Alexander Kwapong Hall Editorial Board
Best Creative Writer Award, Wesley Girls’ High School
Winner of the “Renovado Danielle Steele Award” 2017 for Best Writer (High School Graduation Awards)
Head, Writers and Reporters Team, Wesley Girls’ High School Editorial Board
One out of the ten national finalists of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Endowment Fund Essay Writing Competition
Poetry Masterclass with Kofi Anyidoho at the Creative Writing Academy
Two-year Consecutive Winner of Poets’ Corner (Original Poetry Competition held during the school’s English Week Celebration)
One of the five winners of the Junior Graphic Mother’s Day Special Poetry Competition
First Runner-up, Junior Graphic National Essay Competition
Best Literature Student
University of Ghana, Legon
Wesley Girls' High School, Cape Coast