Nii Parkes
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 51 |
| Date of birth | April 1,1974 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Lincolnshire |
| United Kingdom | |
| Literary movements | Anansi |
| Postmodern literature | |
| Founded | Flipped Eye Publishing |
| Nationality | British |
| Ghanaian | |
| Education | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | |
| Achimota School | |
| Literari movement | Anansesem, Postmodernism |
| Notabl work | Tail of the Blue Bird |
| Books | Tail of the Blue Bird |
| The Geez: Poems | |
| The Ga Picture Alphabet | |
| eyes of a boy, lips of a man | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 797031 |
Nii Parkes Life story
Nii Ayikwei Parkes, born in the United Kingdom to parents from Ghana, where he was raised, is a performance poet, writer, publisher and sociocultural commentator. He is one of 39 writers aged under 40 from sub-Saharan Africa who in April 2014 were named as part of the Hay Festival's prestigious Africa39 project.