Francis Selormey (15 April 1927 – 1983) was a Ghanaian novelist, teacher, scriptwriter and sports administrator.
[1] Born in Dzelukofe, in the Volta Region of Ghana,[2] Selormey was brought up in Keta.
He attended a Catholic primary school and then St. Augustine's College, Cape Coast.
He studied physical education at the University of Ghana and in Germany before becoming a teacher.
Semiautobiographical, it was "the Bildungsroman of a Ghanaian school boy",[4] who is "caught between his love for an overly strict father who insists on Christian, Western ways and his own appreciation for other, traditional influences.