Kojo Baffoe

Kojo was born 10 April 1972 in Munich, Germany{{cite web|title=Kojo Baffoe|url=http://whoswho.co.za/kojo-baffoe-526040|work=Whoswhos.co.za|accessdate=22 April 2014}} to a Ghanaian father and German mother. His father, Frank Baffoe was a business man and diplomat based in Lesotho. He grew up in Maseru, Lesotho, where he finished his schooling at Machabeng High School in 1990. He then spent the following year as an exchange student back in his country of birth. In 1992 he moved to Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to study for a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, after which he moved back to Lesotho and was part of numerous family-run business ventures.

In the early 2000s Kojo came back to South Africa and consulted on various ventures and businesses; he then founded Baffoe Kakana (Baka) IT Consulting and later Monstafunk Productions. He then went on to work as a producer on Making Moves (which won a Golden Horn for Best Educational Programme at the SAFTAs),{{cite web|title=Making Moves blows Golden Horn|url=http://www.sabceducation.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:making-moves-blows-golden-horn&catid=39:media-releases&Itemid=84|work=SABC Education|accessdate=22 April 2014}} Content Producer on Zwahashu, Afro Café,{{cite web|title=Kojo Baffoe – The Real Destiny Man|url=http://www.expatriate.co.za/index.php/articles/38-profiles/162-kc-rottok.html|work=The Expatriate|accessdate=22 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506164127/http://www.expatriate.co.za/index.php/articles/38-profiles/162-kc-rottok.html|archive-date=6 May 2014|url-status=dead}} Zooming in on Men.

Kojo's first attempts at poetry were at the Jungle Connection in 1999 in Doornfontein, Johannesburg{{cite web|title=Performance Poetry vs Spoken Word|url=http://kojobaffoe.com/2012/07/24/performance-poetry-vs-spoken-word/|accessdate=6 May 2014}} which is where he started to learn the craft of performance and not just "getting onto stages and mumbling poetry" or "merely just reciting of words" as he puts it.

Highlights of his performances include:

• CIDA City Campus Mini Concert, 2003
• British Council SA presents The Writers Ball, 2004{{cite web|title=British Council SA presents the Writer's Ball|url=http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=20190|work=Artlink.co.za|accessdate=6 May 2014}}
• [http://www.urbanvoices.co.za/ Urban Voices Poetry Festival], 2005
• [https://www.amazon.com/Voices-In-Head-Kojo-Baffoe-ebook/dp/B008G39X7Y Voices In My Head] Pre-Launch, 2005
• Dialogue with former President Thabo Mbeki, GIBS, 2006
• Poetry Africa SlamJam (only in Joburg Show), Oct 2006{{cite web|title=Poetry Performance|url=http://kojobaffoe.wordpress.com/about/|accessdate=22 April 2014}}
• Arts Alive Speak Your Mind
• Hammer & Tongue Poetry Slam Tour, 13 cities in the United Kingdom, Nov – Dec 2006{{cite web|title=Actor Biography|url=http://www.tvsa.co.za/actorprofile.asp?actorid=16562|work=TVSA|accessdate=22 April 2014}}
• Jozi Spoken Word Festival, 2007

Along with performing Kojo has facilitated various workshops and been part of several poetry commissions up till his hiatus from 2008 till early 2013.

Kojo was founding editor of Blaque Magazine in 2008, a columnist for City Press (South Africa) between 2009 and 2011, and has been the editor of Destiny Man since August 2010. Kojo has been an avid blogger, with [http://infinitepursuit.blogspot.com/ Infinite Pursuit] on Blogspot, [http://kojobaffoe.wordpress.com/ KojoBaffoe] on WordPress, [http://kojobaffoe.tumblr.com/ KojoBaffoe] on Tumblr (to name a few), and finally settling on his own website [http://kojobaffoe.com/ KojoBaffoe.com] while still being active on various social networks. He recently published a collection of autobiographical short stories by Pan Macmillan South Africa called Listen to Your Footsteps.{{Cite web|title=Listen to Your Footsteps|url=https://panmacmillan.co.za/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Pan Macmillan South Africa|language=en}}

For me, they are other platforms for communicating and for writing. My blogs were an opportunity to write regularly and share content. Social media is great for understanding people and society, for story ideas, for debate and engagement, for the sharing of thoughts, etc. ~ Kojo{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW: KOJO BAFFOE|url=http://wordnsound.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/interview-kojo-baffoe/|work=Word N Sound|accessdate=6 May 2014|date=Feb 26, 2013}}

• Destiny Magazine
• Khanyi Dhlomo

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• {{cite web|title=App of the Year 2013 – Kojo Baffoe|url=http://www.appoftheyear.co.za/judges/kojo-baffoe/#.U1YzJ9anrkM|work=MTN Business|accessdate=22 April 2014}}
• {{cite web|title=Ndalo Media appoints new team on Destiny Man|url=http://www.bizcommunity.com/PressOffice/PressRelease.aspx?i=123616&ai=51111|work=bizcommunity.|accessdate=22 April 2014}}
• {{cite web|title=Career – My professional story|url=https://www.vizify.com/kojo-baffoe/career|work=Vizify|accessdate=22 April 2014}}

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