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Kofi Awoonor
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…
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politics · Ghanaian poet and author (1935–2013) · poet · diplomat · writer · professor · novelist · politician · minister · literary scholar · also Kofi Awoonor, George Awoonor-Williams, George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams, Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor, Awoonor
Born 13 March 1935 · Died 21 September 2013 · Q921435
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2013· 5 entries
PBS: Death of Kofi Awoonor in Nairobi Attack Is ‘Great Loss’ for Ghana and Poetry
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standardmedia.co.ke: Slain poet: Ghana's Kofi Awoonor, cut down in Westgate Mall terror attack
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Wall Street Journal: Poet Kofi Awoonor Killed In Terrorist Attack at Nairobi Mall
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Died 2013-09-21.
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1975· 1 entry
As head of the English department at the University of Cape Coast
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1960· 1 entry
Awoonor worked as a researcher for the Institute for African Studies and began participating in the pan-African campaigns of Kwame Nkrumah
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-03-13.
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