What novel did an author who was featured in the Voices of Ghana and later became a journalist write?
Voices of Ghana Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System 1955-57 was "the first Ghanaian literary anthology of poems, stories, plays and essays". Edited by Henry Swanzy and published in 1958 by the Ghanaian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, "Voices of Ghana" contained works that had been broadcast on the Ghana radio programme "The Singing Net" between 1955 and 1957. The collection opened with an essay, "The Poetry of Drums", by Kwabena Nketia, and the writers anthologised included Frank Parkes, Albert Kayper-Mensah, Kwesi Brew, Cameron Duodu, Amu Djoleto and Efua T. Sutherland.
Foreign Words Foreign Words is a novel by Greek author Vassilis Alexakis that tells the story of middle-aged writer Nicolaides and his decision to learn the African language Sango following the death of his father. The novel was originally published in 2002 in France as "Les mots étrangers", where it was short-listed for the Renaudot Prize and the Interallié Prize. It was then translated by the author and was published in 2004 as "Oi xenes lexeis" in Greece, where it won the prize for best Greek novel of the year. The English translation "Foreign Words" was done by Alyson Waters and was published by Autumn Hill Books in 2006.