Ayi Kwei Armah was born in 1939 to Fante-speaking parents in the port city of Takoradi, Ghana. He left Ghana in 1959 to attend the Groton School in Groton, MA. Afterwards, he attended Harvard.

Kwei-Armah grew up in West London, the son of parents who had emigrated from Grenada. He grew up rarely seeing black faces on television. Watching the TV series Roots, about an African man who is ...

How many shows has Kwame Kwei-Armah written? Kwame Kwei-Armah has written 1 shows including The Visitor (Bookwriter). What awards has Kwame Kwei-Armah been nominated for? Best New Play (Olivier ...