Sylvester Kwakye

Poet

Kumasi, AS

Ghana

Ashanti Region GH

Email:

sylvesterkwakye2000@gmail.com

Website:

www.slykoko.net/

Twitter/X:

@slykoko

Author's Bio

Sylvester Kwakye is a Ghanaian medical student and the author of the micro-chapbooks "Ode to My Clinical Rotation" (Ghost City Press, 2024), "How to Merchandise Crime" (Stripes Literary Magazine, 2024), and the forthcoming "valentine's day travelog" (Whittle Micro-Press, 2025). Sylvester reads poetry for Rowayat and is a member of the Archipelago Collective. His poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies, journals, and magazines

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:

Ode To My Clinical Rotation (Ghost City Press, 2024)

Journals:

Amistad

Archipelago

Callaloo

Rising Phoenix Review

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Charles Bukowski, Gabriel Awuah Mainoo, Adesiyan Oluwapelumi, Erinola Daranijo, Brian Gyamfi, Joemario Umana, Abdulrazaq Salihu

More Information

Identifies as:

Black

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Ghana

Raised in:

Ghana

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Last update: Mar 19, 2025