Kojo Baffoe
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Editor – Destiny Man | Entrepreneur | Writer | MC | Speaker
Kojo Baffoe is an editor, writer, poet and entrepreneur. He has origins in Ghana and Germany, was raised in Lesotho, and is based in Johannesburg. He obtained a B.Com from the University of Natal, and has been involved in a number of sectors, including Retail, Management Consulting, Publishing, Events, IT and Media.
Kojo is involved in the poetry movement in Southern Africa; has published two collections of poetry; and been featured in publications in South Africa, Canada and Brazil. While he hasn’t been as present in the space, he continues to write and record occasional poems.
He has performed extensively, locally and abroad at events such as Hammer & Tongue Poetry Slam Tour, Urban Voices, Arts Alive Speak Your Mind and Poetry Africa SlamJam. He has written for and performed at corporate events and shows and has facilitated workshops and functions. His talent earned him poet laureate for the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
He is an MC, facilitator and speaker, founding editor of Blaque Magazine, has written for a range of publications, and is an avid blogger and a social media practitioner.
He has been Editor of Destiny Man magazine since 2010 and is a director in Kwaya Holdings, an investment and consulting group.
A man of many words, indeed.
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