Portia Dery

(Bio)Portia Dery nyɛla sasabira ŋun yina  Ghana ŋun nyɛ baŋda n-ti o bihi lahibaya  amaa o lahi sabiri lahibal'gihi mini yɛltɔɣaniɣma.O tuma chaŋya gili ka mani yaɣa shɛŋa bɛni bɔli  ni magazines, anthologies n ti pahi platforms, zaŋ gbaagi  UK poetry library, Arts Beat, Africa's first anthology, ni Ayiba magazine.

Yuuni 2016 puuni, Portia Dery daa dɛigi nyaan doligu din yina bɛ ni bɔli shɛba ni Mandela Washington Fellowship din nyɛ Young African Leaders Initiative la mini, din pahi pahi ka mani, developed The Funky Read Write Clinic , laɣ'ngu din nyɛ bihi toon tibɔ zaŋ chaŋ karimbu mini sabbu baŋsim.Yuuni 2013 puuni hali ni zuŋɔ,o kuli nyɛla nivuɣuso ŋun zɔri gindi bɛ ni bɔli shɛli ni the field of children's literacy la, founding the African Youth Writers Organization (AYWO) initiative. Lala saha maa,o tumla Ghana tiŋkpaŋshɛŋa n-nyɛ Department of Community Development mini Social Welfare covering gender equality, economic fundamentals, literacy mini health.Dery nyɛla ninvuɣsɔ ŋun bɛ yuuni 2016 Queen's Young Leaders Award nim puuni.

Sasabira ŋɔ daa dɛigi  the Children's Africana Book pini din nyɛ o buku ŋɔ, Grandma's List yuuni 2018 puuni, din nyɛ paɣ'bu n-ti bihi anu mini buku nim pia n-ti Africa yuuni kam puuni.O tari pina ŋɔ ni buku nimŋɔ n-ti ninvuɣushɛba ban nyɛ  South African illustrator, Toby Newsome.Buku ŋɔ yɛrila bipuɣ'nbilsɔ ŋun nyɛ yumaa anii yɛltɔɣa, Fatima,ŋun nyɛ ninvuɣusɔ ŋun bori ni o sɔŋ o yabpaɣa.O dɛigi yɛltɔɣa pam o yabpaɣa maa sani,amaa o yi-yanzaŋli bahi gba,o tooi kpaŋdi o maŋ ka o tɛiri binshesheli din daa niŋ da.Lahabali maa zaa daa nyɛla din kpaŋsiri kamani sokam asafihili ni kamani bɛni boli shɛli ni  heart-warming lahabaya la.Buku ŋɔ daa zaŋ wuhila salɔ yuuni 2016 puuni n-ti African Bureau Stories.Yuuni  2014 piligu,sasabira daa diɛgi the Golden Baobab Prize pini din wuhiri kpamaŋ pam din nyɛ  Picture Book manuscript.

Dery nyɛla bilichinsɔ ŋun yina Ghana yaɣ'shɛli din nyɛ Upper West Region la amaa o bela Tamale punpɔŋɔ .

Category:People from Upper West Region
Category:Living people
Category:Ghanaian writers
Category:Ghanaian women writers
Category:English-language writers from Ghana
Category:21st-century Ghanaian writers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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Pubu:E-Class
Pubu:Lahabaya zaa
Pubu:Art and Feminism Editathon 2025