Esi Sutherland-Addy ƴar makaranta ce ƴar Ghana, marubuciya, ƙwararriyar ilimi, kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam. Ita ce farfesa a Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka, inda ta kasance babbar jami'ar bincike, shugabar sashin harshe, adabi, da wasan kwaikwayo, kuma mataimakiyar darakta na Cibiyar Nazarin Dan Adam ta Afirka a Jami'ar Ghana. An yaba mata fiye da 50 wallafe-wallafe a fannonin manufofin ilimi, ilimi mai zurfi, ilimin mata, adabi, wasan kwaikwayo da al'adu, kuma yana aiki a kan kwamitoci da yawa, kwamitoci da kwamitocin gida da waje. Ita ce 'yar marubuci kuma mai fafutukar al'adu Efua Sutherland. An haife ta a Ghana a matsayin Esi Reiter Sutherland, ita ce babba a cikin yara uku na marubucin wasan kwaikwayo kuma mai fafutukar al'adu Efua Sutherland da kuma Ba'amurke Bill Sutherland (1918-2010), ɗan rajin kare hakkin jama'a na mulkin mallaka wanda ya je Ghana a 1953 bisa shawarar George Padmore to Kwame Nkrumah. Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Monica, Mampong da Achimota School (inda ta hadu da mijinta).