Winner of the J. Howard and Barbara M.J. Wood Prize, Henneh Kyereh Kwaku was born in Gonasua and raised in Drobo in the Bono Region of Ghana. He is an interdisciplinary scholar with a Bachelor of Public Health (Disease Control), MA in Health Education, MFA in Creative Writing, and pursuing a PhD in Health Communication. He is an NCHEC Certified Health Education Specialist. His communication research explores critical/culture-centered health communication. His obsessions include Bono/Akan onomatology, semiotics, faith, movement, and shadows. He has received fellowships from the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD), Chapman University, and Portland Community College. He is the founder and co-host of the Church of Poetry. He’s the author of Revolution of the Scavengers (African Poetry Book Fund/Akashic Books, 2020) and his poems/essays have appeared or are forthcoming in the Academy of American Poets’ A-Poem-A-Day, Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, World Literature Today, Air/Light Magazine, Tupelo Quarterly, Poetry Society of America, Lolwe, Agbowó, CGWS, Olongo Africa, 20:35 Africa & elsewhere. He shares memes on Twitter/Instagram at @kwaku_kyereh.