Amu Djoleto was born in a small Ghanaian village in 1929. With T H S Kwami he has edited a selection from the African Writers Series called West African Prose. His second novel, a satire on political corruption called Money Galore, has been published to critical acclaim. His latest publication, Amid the Swelling Act, is a collection of poems.
He went to Accra Academy and St Augustine's College, Cape Coast before reading English at the University of Ghana. He later studied textbook production at the Institute of Education, University of London. He became editor of the 'Ghana Teacher's Journal' and was for a time in charge of the Ministry of Education's developing publishing programme. He is now a senior official of the Ministry, based in Accra.