Sylvester Kwakye

Poetry
I am a 1X Pushcart Prize nominee & the author of Flying From Nectar To Hive(Self - Published, 2023) and Ode To My Clinical Rotation(Ghost City Press, 2024).I have published in many reputable journals like the Rising Phoenix Review, Passionfruit Review, Coffin Bell Journal, The Amistad, & the Archipelago among others.In most of my writing, I explore themes about home, slavery, war, resistance & politics.I am a member of the Archipelago Collective.
Medicine
I am currently a fifth year medical student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in training at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Here, I have co - founded Study Pot—Ghana’s premier medical school online peer - tutoring platform—to create a grand avenue for collaborative learning & peer academic support.
Research
I am a peer reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine, a journal of the American College of Physicians.I am a research scholar working under Professor Paul Poku Ossei Sampene(Consultant Pathologist, KNUST - KATH).
Authorship
I work on different book projects in two languages: Twi & English.I am currently co - working on a Chemistry book as well as a historico - cultural book on the Akan people(everything in this volume is written in Twi).I also accept pitches to work on books for publishers on high school subjects & children’s books.