Although born in the UK, Nii Ayikwei Parkes grew up on the streets of Kaneshie, Ghana. He writes poetry, prose and articles. Poetry is decidedly his first love and he is the author of three poetry chapbooks: eyes of a boy, lips of a man (1999); M is for Madrigal (2004), and Shorter (2005). Parkes is mainly interested the reinterpretation of language, micro-cultural conflicts and power, elements that can be found lacing his novel, Tail of the Blue Bird. The book was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
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