I write poetry and prose as well as non-fiction (mainly for magazines and radio). I also write for children under the pen name K. P. Kojo. My list of publications will hopefully come to reflect this in the long run if it doesn't already.
Nii Ayikwei Parkes’ début novel, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize, and hailed by the Financial Times as ‘a beautifully written fable… simple in for...
Nii Ayikwei Parkes’ début collection encompasses the story of a triangular trade in reverse – a family history that goes from the Caribbean back to Sierra Leone, and in his...
(written under my nom de plume, K. P. Kojo) Here are seven Ananse stories from Ghana pulsating with mischievous animals, a touch of moral message and, peeping out wickedly above...
A wire-bound on-demand version of a limited run pamphlet I collected of my work from the age of 13. It’s available online at
Now out of print. This collection of seven jazz poems, anchored in the politics and musical energy of the 1960s, revealed Nii Ayikwei Parkes as a poet with a ke...M is for Madrigal
A breathtaking account of slavery told through near sci-fi effects: imagine the slave trade had operated through hot air balloons rather than ships.…
...I’ll have news on my new book soon. I the meantime watch out for links to the fine magazines that have published my work recently.…
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