Kofi Al-Rashid was born in 1989 in Kumasi to a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian mother. He studied architecture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and conservation at the American University of Beirut, then worked as a documentation officer for a heritage nonprofit in Accra. His short fiction has appeared in Omenana, Jalada Africa, and Transition. He writes young adult fiction that folds West African folklore, urban memory, and quiet hauntings into contemporary settings. A former resident at the Ebedi International Writers Residency, he also leads community workshops on oral history in Sekondi–Takoradi. He lives between Accra and Abidjan.
