Ekow Manuar

Ekow Manuar is an award winning African Futurist writer from Accra, Ghana. He won the UN Economic Commission for Africa’s climate fiction short story award in 2021 for his short story ‘Beans without Korkor.’ His works have been published in literary magazines across the planet, including: The Dark Mountain Project, Decolonial Passage, Writers Project of Ghana, Kalahari Review and many more.

Ekow Manuar has a Masters’ in Sustainability Science from Lund University. Currently, Ekow Manuar works in Ghana for a German-Based solar financing company called ecoligo, developing projects across the sub-region. Aside from his formal employment, Ekow Manuar is a Director of the NGO the Ghana Food Movement, which is a grass-roots organisation focused on the celebration of West Africa’s cuisine and ecology, youth empowerment, and building a network across the food value chain. He recently self-published his first book The Men from StayWell and has sold over 200 copies to date. The book can be found on Amazon and his stories can be found on his medium page abdallahsmith06.