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Kofi Awoonor

1935 - 2013

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Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March 1935 – 21 September 2013) was a Ghanaian poet, author and diplomat. His work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people with contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization. He started writing under the name George Awoonor-Williams, and was also published as Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kofi Awoonor has received more than 137,396 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kofi Awoonor is the 6,828th most popular writer (down from 6,005th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 38th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ghanaian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Fire in the Valley
1980
The breast of the Earth
History and criticism, African literature, African literature (English)
1975
This earth, my brother
Africa in fiction, Fiction
1971
Messages: poems from Ghana
Ghanaian poetry (English), Poetry, Ghanaian Authors
1970
Guardians of the Sacred Word
1974
The Ghana Revolution
1984

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kofi Awoonor ranks 6,828 out of 7,302. Before him are Lena Andersson, Wei Hui, Federico Andahazi, Michael Goldenberg, Peter Hedges, and Bharati Mukherjee. After him are David Ignatius, Robert Bridges, Anne Enright, Jan van Steenbergen, Hamid Mir, and Seth Meyers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Kofi Awoonor ranks 543. Before him are Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Dorothy Masuka, Shyama, Jon Henricks, Rosemary Leach, and Ron Delany. After him are Dick McTaggart, Edward Schreyer, Bhama Srinivasan, Dennis Potter, Heather Sears, and Ruth Ann Minner. Among people deceased in 2013, Kofi Awoonor ranks 518. Before him are Christian Benítez, Zelmo Beaty, Ingrid Visser, Jack Clement, Bonnie Franklin, and Sabine Bischoff. After him are Tom Laughlin, Lisa Robin Kelly, Jakob Arjouni, Farooq Sheikh, Christopher Evan Welch, and Barbara Lawrence.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Kofi Awoonor ranks 54 out of 162. Before him are Freddy Adu (1989), John Mensah (1982), Mohammed Muntari (1993), Hans Sarpei (1976), Richard Kingson (1978), and Eric Addo (1978). After him are Matthew Amoah (1980), Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906), Kofi Kingston (1981), Mohammed Kudus (2000), Dominic Adiyiah (1989), and Theodosia Okoh (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Ghana

Among writers born in Ghana, Kofi Awoonor ranks 4. Before him are William Boyd (1952), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), and Ayi Kwei Armah (1939). After him are Amma Darko (1956).

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