Mariska Araba Taylor-Darko

Mariska Araba Taylor-Darko born in England, went to school in Ghana and returned to the UK and to family. Mariska is a widow with two sons. She is a writer, poet and youth motivational speaker. She is one of the Directors of Ghana Organisation for Learning and Development, (GOLD) a registered Charity in the U.K. aiming to assist women and children in the rural areas of Ghana. She is the founder of Yes Group Ghana, a motivational group involved in empowering the youth.

Mariska’s poems have been featured on www.oneghanaonevoice.com which is an online poetry site several times and she has also been published, in Jambo, an East African magazine. She also has a blog page www.africanwomanspoetry.blogspot.com. Mariska has read her poetry in London at the “Find Your Voice” motivational event. She has also performed at Bless the Mic , Alewa and Ehalakasa Talk Party. She has published her first motivational book, “The Secret to Detoxifying Your Life and Love”, has a collection of poetry in a book called “Rhythms of Poetry in Motion, Vol 1” and a novel for younger readers titled “The Iced Water Seller" Mariska has written books for children titled "King Goat Aponkye", "I love Ghana" and "The Proud Peacock" and is in the process of writing one film script, a romantic novel and a collection of children’s stories.