Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 13 September 1967) is a Ghanaian-American writer, editor, journalist and public speaker, whose name at birth was Mildred Mary Nana-Ama Boakyewaa Brobby. She is best known for her 1998 memoir Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression. Her short story "When a Man Loves a Woman" was shortlisted for the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing.

Life Danquah was born in Accra, Ghana, to Josephine Nana Korantemaa Danquah and Norbert Duke Brobby. and she was the niece of actor Paul Danquah, about whom she has written in The Washington Post. Her family, the Ofori-Attas, are one of West Africa's most prominent dynasties.

Danquah moved to the United States at six years of age to live with her mother, who had migrated there three years earlier to attend Howard University. she eventually moved to Los Angeles at the age of 20. Excerpts from the book were published in the anthology Out of Her Mind: Women Writing on Madness. Danquah was chosen by the National Mental Health Association as spokesperson for their Campaign on Clinical Depression, which initiative specifically targeted African-American women.

In 1999, Danquah earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing and Literature, concentrating on Creative Nonfiction, from Bennington College, despite never completing an undergraduate degree.

In 2011, Danquah announced that she was working on a novel. She has written articles and columns in publications including The Washington Post, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, Allure, Essence, The Africa Report and The Daily Graphic.

In June 2022, her story "When a Man Loves a Woman", originally published in Accra Noir, was announced on the shortlist of the Caine Prize for African Writing, and was described in Brittle Paper by Doreen Baingana as "a fascinating study of the dangers, satisfactions and mysteries of love".