Emma Ofosua is a West African writer, cultural curator, freestyle poet, and leader passionate about African literature, creative arts, and literacy advocacy. Emma’s work centres on themes of identity, culture, and memory, highlighting the resilience and courage of African women. Through her writing, she explores love, loss, motherhood, generational trauma, and the search for autonomy within complex cultural and social frameworks.
Through freestyle poetry
Writing
Emma authored I Wish You Courage in the Night Season and directs the All African Women Poetry Festival, featuring poets from Africa and the diaspora. As Managing Editor of Hadithi Magazine and creative lead of Tuniq Africa and its foundation, she champions cultural entrepreneurship. In 2021 she was named one of the top 100 writers. 2023 saw her receiving the most promising writers award from Pagya sponsored by the EU delegation. Her work Reclamation, published in Decolonial Passage, was nominated for Best of the Net in 2024.
Speaking
Emma Ofosua inspires leaders to rethink what it means to lead—offering clear perspectives that inspire and drive change makers shaping culture and society.
Workshops
Unlock your creative potential and mastery in communication with Emma’s tailored workshops and masterclasses designed to inspire and transform.
Events
Press
Writer's Project Ghana
Apple Music
MyjoyOnline
University of Rhode Island