Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Kofi Anyidoho
Born: July 25, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Kofi Anyidoho is a Ghanaian poet and academic who comes from a family tradition of Ewe poets and oral artists. He is currently Professor of Literature at the University of Ghana.
Known for:
- Ancestral Logic and Caribbean Blues (1993)
- Praise Song for the Land (2002)
- The Place We Call Home: And Other Poems (2011)
- Elegy for the Revolution (1978)
- A harvest of our dreams (1984)