Jessica kofi awoonor biography

Ghanaian poet and author (–)

Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March – 21 September ) was a Ghanaian poet, author and diplomat.

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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,^[1] 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 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a participant at the Storymoja Hay Festival.^[2][3][4]

Early life

George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams was born in Wheta,^[5] in the Volta region of what was then the Gold Coast, present-day Ghana.

He was the eldest of 10 children in the family.^[6] He was a paternal descendant of the Awoonor-Williams family o