OUR HISTORY

Write Ghana was created by Nikitta Dede Adjirakor on a single premise to ensure that her children have tools to ensure their fluency in as many Ghanaian languages as possible.

Although the daughter of a Krobo man and a Dangbe woman, Nikitta grew up speaking Ga because she grew up in Kwashieman. She never learned Krobo and attempted to learn Dangbe at a later age.

As an undergraduate in the University of Ghana, she pursued Swahili and English, an attestment to her love of languages and literatures. During her PhD in African Languages and literatures with a focus on Swahili, she found it strange how Swahili as a language was constantly promoted by its speakers and well as its countries whereas Ghanaian languages did not receive the same treatment. Particularly, although she was enthralled by the literary forms of Ghanaian languages such as their use during weddings and lullabies, she recognized the lack of platforms that promoted and made them accessible in the public domain and particularly online. 

It was through this frustration that Write Ghana was created.