Rita Akoto Coker

Rita Akoto Coker (born 1953) is a Ghanaian-American writer, primarily of romance novels. She has published five books, including the 2001 novel Serwah, the Saga of an African Princess. Her father, Baffour Osei Akoto, was the founder of Ghana's National Liberation Movement. Her parents were Helena Osei Akoto and Baffour Osei Akoto, a member of the pre-independence National Liberation Movement and a chief linguist at the Manhyia Palace. Her brother, Owusu Afriyie Akoto, is a Ghanaian politician with the New Patriotic Party.

Coker migrated to the United States where she lives in Chicago and works as a marketing consultant. She began writing romance novels, publishing her first book, Serwah: The Saga of an African Princess, in 2001.