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Kuukua Yomekpe Kuukua Yomekpe is a young Ghanaian woman whose writings have been published in different anthologies. Kuukua's multi-ethnic background and her multiple degrees - Art, Theology and currently working on her MFA - have influenced her in her writings. However, she also believes in the informal form of education as much as she does in the formal ones. Kuukua draws a lot from her personal life and has found a point of convergence between her love for writing and that for cooking as she considers herself to be a 'culinary artist'. According to her she writes to give people who are 'different' a chance to hear a different voice, believing that by speaking for others, others might speak for her. Below is an interview ImageNations conducted with this literary talent. T ells us something about yourself, Kuukua? Well for starters, I was born and raised in Accra, Ghana at Aunty Hannah’s home in Chorkor. I am the oldest child on my mother’s side, and...

Kuukua Dzigborda Yomekpe Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe is a Ghanaian who considers herself as an avid thinker and processor, culinary magician, dancer, a writer, a published author and more. She considers herself as interested in living life to its fullest and she is addicted to her computer. She was born in Ghana and moved to the United States at the age of 19. She graduated from Dayton University. Her formal higher education started in Columbus, Ohio. She holds a BA and MA in English, and just recently acquired a degree in Theological Studies with a focus on Pastoral Counselling and Sexuality. In Fall, she will add an MFA to this list, at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She currently moonlights as an Event Planner at Pacific School of Religion, planning the Earl Lectures. Kuukua is the author of several published essays such as All Because of a Name , The Audacity to Remain Single: The Single Black Woman and the Black Church , which won the second annual Marcella Althau...