What is "okyeame"

Okyeame was a literary magazine founded by the Writers Workshop in Ghana in the post-independence era, which saw the rapid rise of a new generation of thinkers, writers and poets. The first of Okyeame issue appeared in 1960. Inspired by Ghana's then Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah, the publication sought to explore the experiences of Africa from a new intellectual framework. Writers published in the magazine included its first editor Kofi Awoonor, Efua Sutherland (later also editor), Ayi Kwei Armah and Ama Ata Aidoo.