Nana Awere Damoah

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Gender	Male
Industry	Manufacturing
Location	Accra, Ghana
Introduction	I am an author of two books: 'Through the Gates of Thought' (April 2010) and 'Excursions in my Mind' (Oct 2010), both published by Athena press (London) and available on Amazon. Born in Accra, Ghana, I hold an MSc in Chem Eng from Univ of Nottingham, UK, a BSc in Chem Eng from Kwame Nkrumah Univ of Science and Technology, Ghana, and was at Ghana National College, Cape Coast for sec educ. A British Council Chevening alumnus, I work with Unilever; I have also worked with Nosak Group. I started writing seriously in 1993 whilst in the Sixth form and had a number of my short stories published in ‘The Mirror’ and ‘The Spectator’. In 1997, I won the first prize in the Step Magazine National Story Writing Competition. In KNUST, I was part of Literary Wing of the Interhall Christian Fellowship, where I acted and wrote poems. My poems were published in magazines on KNUST campus. I am happily married to Vivian and, with children, Nana Kwame Bassanyin, Nana Yaw Appiah, and Maame Esi Akoah, we live in Tema, Ghana.
Favorite Books	"How to make friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie; "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo; "Braveheart" by William Wallace; Biographies and books on Churchill, Lincoln, Mandela