2013
Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (born 1935)
Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (born 1935)
Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (born 1935)
Kofi Awoonor
Ghanaian poet and author (1935–2013)
- Died
- 2013
Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet, author and diplomat. His work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people with contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization. He started writing under the name George Awoonor-Williams, and was also published as Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor. He taught African literature at the University of Ghana. Professor Awoonor was among those who were killed in the September 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a participant at the Storymoja Hay Festival.