Quick Facts
Biography
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond born on October 5 in the small town of Plattsburgh, New York. she is an American-Ghanaian writer of novels, short stories and a poet. "Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond has written for AOL, Parenting Magazine, the Village Voice, Metro and Trace Magazine. Her short story “Bush Girl” was published in the May 2008 issues of African Writing and her poem, “The Whinings of a Seven Sister Cum Laude Graduate Working Board as an Assistant,” was published in 2006’s Growing up Girl Anthology. A cum laude graduate of Vassar College, she attended secondary school in Ghana . Powder Necklace is loosely based on the experience."<Brew-Hammond Powder Necklace>.
Personal Life and Education
Nana and her Siblings were all sent back to Ghana when she was just 12 years old. her parents moved to New York City and then moved to Queens where Brew-Hammond grew up before being sent Back to Ghana to attend secondary school by her parents. She attended Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY. she was a Cum laude graduate. she now has 10 years of experience in the writing world.
Writing Career
In 2014, she was included among some of the most promising African authors under 39 in the Hay Festival-Rainbow Book Club Project Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara (Bloomsbury). The Africa39 anthology was published in celebration of UNESCO's designation of Port Harcourt, Nigeria as 2014 World Book Capital. Most recently, she was shortlisted for the 2014 Miles Morland Writing Scholarship.
Also a style & culture writer, Brew-Hammond has been featured on MSNBC, NY1, SaharaTV, and ARISE TV, and been published in EBONY Magazine, Ethiopian Airlines' Selamata Magazine, EBONY.com, The Village Voice, on NBC's thegrio.com, and MadameNoire.com, among other outlets"
Books
She has written a few novels, short stories and poem as follows:
- Powder Necklace
- Bush Girl
- The Whinings of a Seven Sister Cum Laude Graduate Working Bored as an Assistant
Interviews
Although Brew-Hammond has a couple of interviews out there on the web, here are a few of her interviews she has done.
- Author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond speaks to WomenWerk on advocacy, inspirations and keeping a day job
- An Interview with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, author of Powder Necklace
- Author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond Discusses the Inspiration for Her Debut Novel, Powder Necklace
Social Medias
- nanaekuawriter
- www.nanabrewhammond.com
- @nanaekua