Yaw Ofosu-Asare is a Ghanaian writer, educator, and researcher whose work moves between literature, design, and African cultural theory. He holds a PhD in Design Education from Southern Cross University, where his doctoral research explored African philosophy, decolonisation, and postcolonial identity in design pedagogy. He has taught at the University of Melbourne and Southern Cross University, and is currently a Lecturer in Communication Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

His academic publications include Decolonising African Design and African Design Futures, two books that interrogate the politics of identity, creativity, and knowledge in African contexts. His research has appeared in AI & Society, Oxford Open Climate Change, and other peer-reviewed journals, often exploring decolonial thought, Indigenous epistemologies, and design as a tool for cultural resilience.

Born and raised in Ghana, Yaw’s fiction draws deeply from the rhythms, contradictions, and intimate struggles of everyday life in postcolonial African cities. His writing is visceral, lyrical, and unflinching, portraying ordinary people navigating impossible systems with extraordinary endurance. No One Leaves Clean is his debut literary novel, the culmination of years of observing and listening, of carrying stories that refuse to be softened for comfort.