Biography
Although Akosua is a male cartoonist, he adopts a female persona to author his cartoons. Akosua’s true identity is a closely guarded secret. That being said, Akosua is a renowned cartoonist in Ghana and works as the cartoonist for the Daily Guide.
Source: Joseph Oduro-Frimpong, “”Better Ghana [Agenda]”?: Akosua’s Political Cartoons and Critical Public Debates in Contemporary Ghana.” in Popular Culture in Africa: The Episteme of the Everyday, ed. Stephanie Newell and Onookome Okome (New York: Routledge, 2014), 131-153.
News
- To view more of Akosua’s cartoons, visit Ghana’s Daily Guide
- Stella Danso Addai, “Kufuor Commends Akosua Cartoons,” Daily Guide, 11 August 2010.
- “ET Mensah Sues Cartoonist Over Sheep Cartoon,” Daily Guide, 12 December 2005.
Joseph Oduro-Frimpong (2014) “Better Ghana Agenda?”: On Akosua Cartoons and Critical Public Debates in Contemporary Ghana. In ‘POPULAR CULTURE IN AFRICA: THE EPISTEME OF THE EVERYDAY (edited by Newell and Okome, pp. 131-153). Routledge Publishers.