POETRA ASANTEWA
Ama Diaka
Even though Ama Diaka was unaware of slam and performance poetry events in the 2000s, it didn’t stop her from expressing herself through different platforms and sharing her passion with those around her.
She filled the empty notebooks that her classmates brought to her and shared her works on Facebook. Before she knew it, she had amassed a dedicated fan base and found her place in the literary space in Accra.
Her career as a performance poet started when she first attended the Ehalakasa poetry event, held twice a week. Ama felt like she had finally found her place, and so she decided to perform.
Through Ehalakasa, she expanded her fan base, got invites and appearance requests to poetry slams, and launched events while studying Business Information Systems at university. She never deliberately decided to become a performance poet, but life had different plans for her as she found herself slowly pulled into it.
Now that she has completed her masters’ program in creative writing in Chicago, Ama is back in Ghana, publishing a fiction and poetry collection. Ama is the founder of Tampered Press, a journal, and she is working on becoming a visual artist.
“Do you love it enough to want to plug through the hard times? Are you willing to persevere? What is the message you want to put across? Tell it the best way possible! Be patient, be grounded, know your craft – the success will come”
— Aisha Ayensuh, Creative Director
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