Ruby Yayra Goka

Ruby Yayra Goka (wɔwoo no afe 1982 Esusuowaketseaba 15, Nkran ) yɛ Ghana se datser na ɔkyerɛwfo. Ɔwɔ mbuukuu du-enum na wonyim no wɔ abawdobɔdze ahorow a ɔagye wɔ Burt Award ma Ebibirmu kasadwin wɔ Ghana.

Goka, a owiei skuul wɔ Ghana Suapɔn se skuul(University of Ghana Dental School), a mprenpren yi ɔhwɛ se fɛkuw no do wɔ Firaw Mantɔw Asopitsi, Ho do.

Ɔbra

Wɔwoo no wɔ Nkran, Ghana, Simon Yao Goka, a ɔyɛ nwomasuanyi a ɔakɔ ahomgye mu na Lydia Aku Goka, maame a ɔtse fie na wɔwoo no. Ruby nyaa mfe ebien no, n'ebusua no tui kɛtsenaa Ethiopia, hɔ na ɔkɔr Peter Pan International Skuul. Onyaa mfe esia no, n'ebusua no san baa Ghana na ɔbɔtoaa ne ahyɛse na nsɔwdo nwomasua wɔ St. Anthony's Skuul (1988–96) na Achimota Skuul (1996–99) a ne nyinara wɔ Nkran.

Onyaa ne BDS fii University of Ghana Dental Skuul mu wɔ afe 2009 na ɔnye Ridge Asopitsi Nkran, yɛɛ edwuma mfe ebien. Ekyir no ɔkɛtsenaa Sogakofe, hɔ na ɔnye South Tongu mansin Asopitsi so kɛyɛɛ edwuma mfe ebien. Ɔbɛyɛɛ Ghana Colledge of Physicians na Surgeons wɔ afe 2016 mu ber a owiee ne n'atsenae ntsetsee wɔ Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospita, Kumasi. Mprenpren yi ɔno na ɔhwɛ Dental Department wɔ Firaw Afamu Asopitsi do wɔ Ho.

Afe 2017 mu no, Goka nyaa abawdobɔdze wɔ ne nkyerɛw na ne tsirmu mbɔe akyerɛw ho wɔ 40 under 40 abawdobɔdze wɔ Ghana. Wɔbɔɔ n'abawdo dɛ Medical Excellence Award wɔ Dentistry wɔ dɛm afe no ara mu. Goka yɛ afe 2017 Mandela Washington fɛfo.

Bibliography

Mpanyimfo mbuukuu:

• Disfigured (2011)
• In The Middle of Nowhere (2011)
• Rain Music (to be published in 2018)

Hɔn a woenyin kakra hɔn mbuukuu:

• The Mystery of The Haunted House (2010)
• The Lost Royal Treasure (2011)
• When the Shackles Fall (2012)
• Those Who Wait (2012)
• Perfectly Imperfect (2013)
• Plain Yellow (2014)
• The Step-Monster (2015)
• To Kiss A Girl (to be published in 2018)

Mbofra mbuukuu:

• A Gift for Fafa
• Tani’s Wish (2016)
• Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth (to be published in 2018)
• My First Visit to the Dentist (Co-authored with Richard Selormey. To be published in 2018)

Anthologies:

• Mother, Anthology of writing on mothers (contribution: "The ABCs of motherhood")

Abawdobɔdze

• Medical Excellence Award – Dentist category (2017)
• 40 under 40 award – Authorship and creative writing (2017)
• Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature (2017) (Finalist)
• Ghana Writers’ Awards – Short Story Category (2017) (Finalist)
• Burt Award for African Young Adult (2017) (Honour Prize)
• Burt Award for African Literature (2015) (First Prize)
• Burt Award for African Literature (2014) (Second Prize)
• Burt Award for African Literature (2013) (First Prize)
• Burt Award for African Literature (2012) (Second Prize)
• Burt Award for African Literature (2012) (Honourable Mention)
• Burt Abawdobɔdze dze ma Ebibirmu kasadwin(2011) (Second Prize)
• Burt Award for African Literature (2010) (Third Prize)