Bill Okyere Marshall
Ghanaian writer
Bill Okyere Marshall (1933 — June 2, 2021) was a Ghanaian writer.
Biography
Bill Okyere Marshall was born in 1933 into a wealthy family in Ghana. After attending Odogonor Secondary School, in the 1960s he attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England, to further his studies in playwriting and film. This was followed by further studies in film and literature. He studied film at the Television Production School.
After an extended period in England, which included experience writing for the BBC and some time working, he went to Peterborough, New Hampshire. While he was there, he wrote the play The Son of Umbele. On his return to Ghana, Marshall wrote a newspaper column under the nom de plume "Tuli Blanko". It was through this column that he became known to a wide readership.
He joined the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation-Television as a producer.
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