8th Ghana Permanent Representative to the United Nations
In office 1990–1994
President
Jerry Rawlings
Preceded by
James Victor Gbeho
Succeeded by
George Lamptey
Personal details
Born
George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams
(1935-03-13)13 March 1935 Wheta, Gold Coast, Ghana
Died
21 September 2013(2013-09-21) (aged 78) Nairobi, Kenya
Relations
Nii Parkes (nephew)
Alma mater
University of Ghana
University of London
State University of New York
Occupation
Poet, author, academic and diplomat
Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March 1935 – 21 September 2013) 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,[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 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a participant at the Storymoja Hay Festival.[2][3][4]
^Hans M. Zell, Carol Bundy & Virginia Coulon (eds), A New Reader's Guide to African Literature, Heinemann Educational Books, 1983, p. 355.
^"Prof. Awoonor dies in Al-Shabab attack in Kenyan Mall". citifmonline.com. 22 September 2013.
^Alice Vincent (22 September 2013). "Nairobi shopping mall attacks: Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet, killed in Westgate Attack". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013.
^"Somalia's al-Shabab claims Nairobi Westgate Kenya attack". BBC News. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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