Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)