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)