WE MOURN THE DEATH OF A POET & STATESMAN RIP PROF KOFI AWOONOR

PROFILE: Prof Kofi Awoonor, POET & WRITER

The Late Prof Kofi Awoonor

Kofi Awoonor was born on the 13 March 1935 in  Wheta,Ghana. He was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization.
He wrote his first poetry book while at the University of Ghana.  His first poetry book, Rediscovery. like the rest of his work, is based on African oral poetry.
He managed the Ghana Film Corporation and founded the Ghana Play House. He studied literature at the University of London. While in England he wrote several radio plays for the BBC.
He wrote his book titled This Earth, My Brother, and My Blood while he was in the USA. Awoonor returned to Ghana in 1975 as head of the English department at the University of Cape Coast.  Awoonor was Ghana’s Ambassador to the United Nations (1990 to 1994).