Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March 1935 – 21 September 2013) was a Ghanaian poet, author and diplomat. His work combined...
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Contemporary poet-diplomats include Abhay K, Indran Amirthanayagam, Kofi Awoonor, Philip McDonagh and Yiorgos Chouliaras. Abhay Kumar wrote, "There seems...
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Ghanaian novelist Kofi Awoonor published. It was later republished by Heinemann as part of the influential African Writers Series. Awoonor started writing...
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of the Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, who died in the Westgate shopping mall shooting in Nairobi on 21 September 2013. "Kofi Awoonor", NNDB. "Biografski dodaci"...
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branches of the family in Ghana. The Awoonor-Renner, Awoonor-Wilson, Awoonor-Gordon families are branches of the Awoonor-Williams family that originated from...
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framework. Writers published in the magazine include its first editor Kofi Awoonor, Efua Sutherland (later also editor), Ayi Kwei Armah and Ama Ata Aidoo...
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Allotey, mathematical physicist Kofi Annan, diplomat and chancellor of the University of Ghana Ernest Aryeetey Kofi Awoonor, professor and diplomat Patrick...
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poet Kofi Awoonor was an alumnus of Zion College. Other alumni of Zion College include renowned lawyer Sam Okudzeto, Akenten Appiah-Menkah, Hans Kofi Boni...
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Former Chief Justice of Ghana. Former Chief Justice of Kenya Professor Kofi Awoonor - Poet,author, academic and diplomat. Former Ghana’s permanent representative...
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Mbugua Mwangi and his fiancée Rosemary Wahito, Ghanaian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor and Canadian diplomat Annemarie Desloges. Kenyan interior minister Joseph...
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personalities over the years. These include Captain Kojo Tsikata, his cousin, Kofi Awoonor and President Jerry Rawlings in 1979. During the era of the National...
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Kampala, Uganda. He met with literary figures including Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, Nigerian playwright and novelist Wole Soyinka, and American poet Langston...
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Achebe (Nigeria) Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana) Jared Angira (Kenya) Kofi Anyidoho (Ghana) Kofi Awoonor (Ghana) Fadhy Mtanga (Tanzania) Breyten Breytenbach (South...
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Literature for his body of work, nominated by Ghanaian poet and author Kofi Awoonor, edging out other nominees including; Toni Morrison, Norman Mailer, and...
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Bognini Charles Nokan Lenrie Peters Ellis Ayitey Komey Kwesi Brew Kofi Awoonor Atukwei Okai Kofi Anyidoho Ahmed Tidjani Cissé Khadambi Asalache Jonathan Kariara...
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Maya Angelou Matthew Arnold Margaret Atwood W. H. Auden Margaret Avison Kofi Awoonor Imamu Amiri Baraka Anna Laetitia Barbauld James K. Baxter Aphra Behn...
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Adali-Mortty - Costa Andrade - Jared Angira - Peter Anyang' Nyong'o - Kofi Awoonor - Kwesi Brew - Dennis Brutus - Siraman Cissoko - J. P. Clark - José Craveirinha...
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Praise Song for the Land: Poems of Hope & Love & Care (2002). Foreword by Kofi Awoonor The Place We Call Home and Other Poems (2011) Anyidoho's academic writing...
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Yehoshua Israel Anton Shammas (Palestine) 1994 Kamau Brathwaite Barbados Kofi Awoonor (Ghana) Svetlana Alexievich Belarus Zoya Boguslavskaya (Russia) Norman...
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Tom Umphlett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930) 2013 – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1935) 2013 – Michel Brault,...
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20 Hiroshi Aramata (荒俣 宏) – Teito Monogatari (Tale of the Capitol) Kofi Awoonor – This Earth, My Brother Denys Val Baker – The Face in the Mirror Nanni...
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(1937–1991, Somaliland/Somalia, nf/p), full name Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/f/nf) Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749, Morocco...
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athlete Ayi Kwei Armah, author of The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Kofi Awoonor, poet, teacher, and diplomat Cyprian Ekwensi, short-story writer, author...
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"Professor John Atukwei Okai An Appreciation Of A Pan-African Bard". Awoonor, Kofi; Anyidoho, Kofi; Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville (26 January 2014). The promise of...
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Agbemabiese (b. 1965) Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023) Kofi Anyidoho (b. 1947) Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953) Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013) J. Benibengor Blay (b. 1915) Kwesi...
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Adibu Asiedu – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2022–) Kofi Awoonor – Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions...
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music critic. Ruhila Adatia-Sood, 31, Kenyan radio presenter, shot. Kofi Awoonor, 78, Ghanaian poet and diplomat, shot. Michel Brault, 85, Canadian film...
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1967 A Woman in Her Prime 41 Djoleto, Amu 1968 The Strange Man. 42 Awoonor, Kofi and Adali-Mortty, G. 1970 Messages: Poems from Ghana. 43 Armah, Ayi...
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of Volta # Citizen Settlement 1 Erica Nego Ho 2 Jerry Rawlings Keta 3 Kofi Awoonor Wheta 4 Peter Bossman Ho 5 Prof. A.C. Kuma Leklebi Ave Kludze Hohoe Fiifi...
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conduct extramural writers' workshops. That is where he met Kofi Awoonor (then George Awoonor Williams), playwright Efua Sutherland, poet Frank Kobina Parkes...
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