Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Kofi Awoonor

Born: March 13, 1935
Died: September 21, 2013 (aged 78)
Bio: Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization.
Known for:
- This Earth, My Brother (1971)
- Comes the voyager at last (1992)
- The African predicament (2006)
- Latin American and Caribbean notebook (1992)