Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh

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Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (* in the 20th century ) is a children's book author and politician in Ghana . For her book The Walking Calabash and Other Stories from 1977 she was honored with the award of the Noma Prize for African Literature in 1980 (Honorable Mention). The award went to Mariama Bâ in the same year .

Owusu-Nimoh began her work as a teacher and principal of the Amma Nipaa Memorial Junior Secondary School in Kade in the Western Region of Ghana in 1978. She was also in Ghana in the Council of State (Ghana ), an important state organ in Ghana between Member in 1993 and 2001 under the administration of Jerry Rawlings .

bibliography

  • Tiko and Bosi, 1984, Waterville Pub. House,
  • Rivers of Ghana, Ghana Publishing Corp., 1979
  • Kofizee goes to school, children's book, Ghana Publishing Corp., 1978
  • The Walking Calabash and Other Stories, children's book, Ghana Publishing Corp., 1977
  • Mosquito Town, Longmans, 1966

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the winners of the Noma Award ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 1, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.afrikaroman.de

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personal data
SURNAME Owusu-Nimoh, Mercy Adoma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Author of children's books and politician in Ghana
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century