The Crippled Genius Of The Twi Language – They open his books, CA Akrofi has achieved much in face of adversity. If he wants to read he must depend on a clerk or a servant to turn the pages of the book for him. All his
Image Number: APN759392

APN759392

Title: Drum Magazine social history photographs, Ghana edition 250 Description: The Crippled Genius Of The Twi Language – They open his books, CA Akrofi has achieved much in face of adversity. If he wants to read he must depend on a clerk or a servant to turn the pages of the book for him. All his "writing" has to be done by dictation. Yet, in spite of these great handicaps, he has been a guide and fount of inspiration to all who hold Twi dear. Clement Akrofi, author, scholar and sage, has been totally paralysed since the age of 23. All students of the Twi language know his name, for he wrote its one and only grammar textbook. Also, he edits most of the novels, short stories and other works published in Twi. Yet few of his thousands of readers know that he is paralysed – that he can move neither arms nor legs. Drum gives here, for the first time, a close personal study of CA Akrofi, "The Father of Twi Literature," and the man in the forefront of the movement for the acceptance of a Ghana national language. Country: Ghana Date Created: 10-1961 Creator: Drum Social Histories Credit Notice: Christian Gbabgo / Drum Social Histories / Bailey's African History Archive / african.pictures Keywords: