Ruby Yayra Goka

**Ruby Yayra Goka** (amuru 15 Mee 1982, Accra) bu dibia bekee na onye odee nke Ghana. A maara ya nke ọma maka ịbụ otutu Burt Award maka onye meriri akwụkwọ edemede Africa na Ghana**.**.

Goka, onye bụ alumnus nke Mahadum nke Ghana Dental School, ugbu a na-eduzi Ngalaba Dental nke Ụlọ Ọgwụ Nkuzi Ho.

## Ndụ
Amụrụ na Accra, Ghana, Goka mụrụ Simon Yao Goka, onye nnọchi anya mba ezumike nka na Lydia Aku Goka, nne na-anọ n'ụlọ. Mgbe Ruby dị afọ abụọ, ezinụlọ ya kwagara Etiopia, bụ ebe ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Peter Pan International School. Mgbe ọ dị afọ isii, ezi na ụlọ ya laghachiri Ghana wee gaa n'ihu na agụmakwụkwọ ya nke isi na nke sekọndrị na St. Anthony's School (1988–96) na Achimota School (1996–99) n'otu n'otu na Accra.

Ọ nwetara BDS na Mahadum nke Ghana Dental School na 2009  wee rụọ ọrụ afọ abụọ na Ridge Hospital Accra, na Accra. O mechara kwaga Sogakofe, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ afọ abụọ na South Tongu District Hospital. Ọ bụ onye otu Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons mgbe ọ gụsịrị ọzụzụ obibi ya na Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi na 2016 na ọzụzụ ya na Mahadum nke Ghana Dental School, Accra na 2023. Ọ bụ onye isi nke Ngalaba Ezé nke Ụlọ Ọgwụ Nkuzi Ho, Ho.

N'afọ 2017, Goka ritere ihe nrite na Authorship and Creative Writing Category na 40 n'okpuru 40 na Ghana.  E nyekwara ya ihe nrite Medical Excellence Award na Dentistry n'otu afọ ahụ. Goka bụ onye 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow . 

## Akwụkwọ
**Akwụkwọ Ndị toro eto**:

* A na-emebi ya (2011) 
* Na Middle of Nowhere (2011) 

**Akwụkwọ Ndị Ntorobịa**:

* ''Ihe Omimi nke Ụlọ Haunted'' (2010) 
* Akụ̀ Dị Oké Akụ̀ nke Eze Furu Eju (2011) 
* ''Mgbe Akpụkpọ ahụ dara'' (2012) 
* ''Ndị Na-echere'' (2012) 
* Ezughi oke (2013) 
* Ọla Na-acha Ọcha (2014) 
* The Step-Monster (2015) 
* ''Ịsasụ Nwa agbọghọ ọnụ'' (2018) 
* Ihe Ọ bụla Ọ Na-achọ (2019) 
* Blast To The Past (2020) 
* ''Nwa agbọghọ Na-ere Ọkụ'' (2020) 
* Ọbụna Mgbe Olu Gị Na-ama Egwu (2022) 
* ''Mgbidi Kụwara Akụ'' (2024) 
* ''N'ime'' (2024) 

**Akwụkwọ Ụmụaka**:

* ''Onyinye Maka Fafa''
* *Ọchịchọ Tani* (2016) 
* Uwe Ukwu Dị Iche nke Nne (2018) 
* Akwụkwọ ABC m nke Okwu Pụrụ Iche (2021) 
* *Sela A Na-akpụ Ntutu* (2024) 
* ''Xornam Xonexoe'' (2024) 
* ''Nne nne na Onye Ozu ewu'' (2024) 

**Akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere eme**:

* Nne, Anthology nke ide banyere ndị nne (onyinye: "ABCs nke Nne") 

## Onyinye

* Monteiro Lobato FNLIJ Award 2023 (Mgbe olu ya na-ekwu okwu) * (Ọbụna Mgbe olu gị na-ekwu okwu) *
* Rise: A feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 Honour Book 2023 (Ọbụna Mgbe Olu Gị Na-ama Egwu) 
* Efua Sutherland Children's Book Prize 2022/Ghana Association of Writers' Children's Story Prize * (Ọbụna mgbe olu gị na-ama jijiji) * 
* Brittle Paper's 100 Notable African Books of 2022 (Ọbụna Mgbe Olu Gị Na-ama Egwu) 
* Akwụkwọ maka Ichebe Iri nke Kasị Mma: Akwụkwọ sitere na Commonwealth 2022 (Ọbụna Mgbe Olu Gị Na-ama Egwu) 
* Kirkus Review 2022 (Ọbụna Mgbe Olu Gị Na-ama Egwu) 
* School Library Journal Review 2022 (Ọbụna Mgbe Olu Gị Na-ama Egwu) 
* Efua Sutherland Children's Book Prize 2021/Ghana Association of Writers' Children's Story Prize * (Trotro Trio: A Blast to the Past) * 
* Women in Sports Collection 2020 (Nwaanyị Na-agba Ọkụ) * (Nwa agbọghọ na-ere ọkụ) *
* IBBY Honour Book 2020 (Mama's Amazing Cover Cloth) 
* Efua Sutherland Children's Book Prize 2020/Ghana Association of Writers' Children's Story Prize (Mama's Amazing Cover Cloth) * (Ụdị Ukwuu Dị Iche nke Nne) *
* CABA Honour Book 2019 (Mama's Amazing Cover Cloth) 
* Onyinye Ayi Kwei Armah 2019/Ghana Association of Writers Novel Prize (To Kiss a Girl) (2019) 
* Inspire Us Book Collection 2019: Honour Book (Ihe ọ bụla ọ chọrọ) (2019) 
* Prọfesọ Kofi Awoonor Literary Prize 2018: Onye nke abụọ (In the Middle of Nowhere) 
* Efua Sutherland Book Prize 2018/Ghana Association of Writers' Children's Story Prize (A Gift for Fafa) * (Onyinye Maka Fafa) *
* Onyinye Ayi Kwei Armah 2018/Ghana Association of Writers' Novel Prize Onye nke abụọ (N'etiti Ọ dịghị Ebe) * (N'etiti Ebe Ọ dịghị Ebe) *
* Burt Award maka akwụkwọ edemede Africa 2018 (To Kiss a Girl) 
* CODE Burt Award maka akwụkwọ edemede ndị ntorobịa Ghana 2018 (The Broken Wall) * (Mgbidi ahụ gbajiri agbaji) *
* CODE Burt Award maka Young Adult Literature: All Star Edition 2017 (The Step-Monster) 
* Ihe nrite nke Ịdị Mma nke Ahụike - Ụdị Dentist (2017) 
* 40 n'okpuru 40 onyinye: Onye edemede na edemede okike (2017) 
* Burt Award maka African Young Adult Literature (2017) (Finalist) 
* Ghana Writers" Awards - Akụkọ Dị mkpirikpi (2017) (Finalist) 
* Burt Award for African Young Adults (2017) (Honour Prize) 
* Burt Award for African Literature (2015) (First Prize) 
* Burt Award for African Literature (2014) (Ihe nrite nke abụọ) 
* Burt Award for African Literature (2013) (First Prize) 
* Burt Award for African Literature (2012) (Ihe nrite nke abụọ) 
* Burt Award for African Literature (2012) (Nkwupụta Nsọpụrụ) 
* Burt Award for African Literature (2011) (Ihe nrite nke abụọ) 
* Burt Award for African Literature (2010) (Third Prize) 

## Edemsibia

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