Mohammed_ben_Abdallah_(playwright)
Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 25 April 1944) is a Ghanaian playwright, "the major Ghanaian playwright of his generation".[3] Director and founder of the Legon Road Theatre, he became head of School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana in 2003.[1] His works portray postcolonial drama that integrates both indigenous and European themes relevant in contemporary African societies.[4][5] Written in 1972, ben Abdullah's first book, The Slaves, became the foremost non-American dramatic play to win the Randolph Edmund's Award of the National Association for Speech and Dramatic Arts.[2] Ben Abdallah held cabinet positions during the Military government of the Provisional National Defence Council.
