Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey
Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong–Abbey ( born 1 April 1988) is a Ghanaian poet, writer, literary critic. She is currently the Head of Programmes Production with Citi FM/Citi TV and currently the host of Diplomatic license on Citi TV and Whats Cooking. She is also an editorial advisor for The InfluencHER Project, an editorial program and global community seeking to empower and amplify female voices. Education. Apiorkor attended Tema International School where she graduated and completed a Diploma program. She later went to Lafayette College in the US, and came back to Ghana to study at  the University of Ghana, Legon. Literary works. Apiorkor is the author of The Matriarch's Verse, a book of poems which seeks to celebrate, challenge and highlight what it means to be Ghanaian in the 21st Century; and all of this is done from her perspective as a third-culture kid.