Ruby Yayra Goka
, b. 1982
Ruby Yayra Goka is a Ghanaian dentist and writer. She was born on May 15th, 1982 to Simon Yao Goka, a diplomat, and Lydia Goka, a housewife. At the age of two, her family moved to Ethiopia where she attended Peter Pan International School and when she was six, they relocated back to Ghana where she continued studies up to university level. She obtained a BDS in the University of Ghana Dental School and later worked at Ridge Dental Hospital, Accra. In 2016, she became a member of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and is currently the head of the Dental Department of the Volta Regional Hospital. As a child, she was very passionate about stories and storytelling which eventually led her into writing. Her first published book for young adults, The Mystery of the Haunted House (2011), won the third prize in the Burt Award for African Literature competition in 2010. A year later, she published two other books, Disfigured and In the Middle of Nowhere. Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth won the 2019 Efua Sutherland Children’s prize. Her other books include Perfectly Imperfect (2014), The Lost Royal Treasure, When the Shackles Fall and The Step Monster (2016).
Source:
Official website (accessed: July 30, 2021).
Bio prepared by Eleanor A. Dasi, University of Yaoundé I, wandasi5@yahoo.com
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