PROFILE OF GAMEL SANKARL

Gamel Sankarl is an inspirational author, a sensational speaker and a motivational poet.

Writing, speaking and performing poetry is Gamel’s passion.  He is also  a professional biomedical scientist with a BSc in Human Biology and an MSc in Chemical Pathology.

Gamel’s heartbeat is to impart, inspire and ignite the innate potentials of individuals for impact and he has been doing this through his teachings, speaking engagements, poetry performances and writings. He has spoken on scores of youth platforms and is poised to do more for God and the Globe.

He has authored and self-published fifteen books including the following titles; Author @ Any Age, Better Is Better, Poetivations, Gamelian Gems, Winning Starts with Beginning, How To Read and Reap, What You See Is What You Get among others.

He has been recognized for his writings by a few notable organizations. In 2014 he was selected as one of ten African student finalists in the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) Student essay competition.

Also in the same year, he was recognized and awarded as the ‘Best Male Influential Writer of the Year’ by Leadership Mind Ambassador, Nigeria and nominated in 2014 and 2015 by the prestigious Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Theatre and Arts (BEFFTA ) UK Global Awards as Best Author among twenty-nine other authors across the globe. Last year, he was selected as one of eighty young Africans to co-author a book titled ‘The Africa 80’ which would be launched in South Africa on the African Union Day.

Mr. Sankarl has worked as a creative writing instructor for the Young Ghanaian Writers Programme where he also doubled up as the Writing and Business Programmes Director. He has been hosted by students of the Publishing Department, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to deliver guest lectures on creative writing. For the past two academic years, he has been visiting the Ghana Institute of Journalism to deliver guest lectures to the creative writing class on the invitation of the lecturer, Mr David Dankwa-Apawu, the head of the department of Languages.

Gamel has spoken on several platforms across Ghana including a TED platform and some notable youth platforms as well as most tertiary and high school campuses.

For his sensational speaking and poetry performance efforts, he’s been honoured and listed in the African View Point Journal as one of ’20 Under 35 Young Change Makers’ by the African Youth Awards team and by the Youth Alliance for Development as one of ’10 Most Influential Youths In Obuasi’. Recently, he has been named as one of ‘Top 20 Young Speakers In Ghana’ in a poll conducted by Motivational Speakers Network, Ghana.

Gamel Sankarl is a global shaper with the Kumasi hub, Ghana and together with other extraordinary youths has been contributing his experiences and expertise for the betterment of his community. He is a lifelong learner and makes friends with all who wish to learn from him and are willing to allow him learn from them.

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