Akorfa Dawson

Akorfa Dawson is a Ghanaian short-fiction writer whose work explores friendship, childhood, nostalgia and love. Her writing preserves everyday moments while offering readers connection and escapism. She participated in the University of Iowa International Writing Program with Nisi Shawl, where she refined her speculative craft. She blends sci-fi with Ghanaian narratives and Afro-feminist themes.

Her work has appeared in anthologies by the Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing and Tampered Press, and her story A Time to Be Stubborn was a finalist in the Imagining Early Accra competition.

Akorfa co-leads NadèLI, building space for emerging Ghanaian creatives to thrive.