Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh
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Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (6 February 1936 – 14 February 2011) was a Ghanaian children's writer, publisher, educationist and politician. She was the recipient of a Noma Award honourable mention in 1980 for The Walking Calabash.[1]
Life and career
Owusu-Nimoh was a Ghanaian author and also the founder-proprietor of Ama Nipaa Memorial Preparatory and Junior Secondary School in Kade, Ghana.[2] In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade, coming second with 37.9% of the vote.[3]
Owusu-Nimoh died on 14 February 2011, at the age of 75.[4]
Works
- Rivers of Ghana, 1979[5]
- Kofizee Goes to School, 1978[6]
- The Walking Calabash and Other Stories, 1977[7]
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- Tiko and Bosi, 1984
References
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- ↑ The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: recent winning titles Template:Webarchive
- ↑ "Advise Children Against Accepting Lifts in Vehicles" Template:Webarchive, GhanaWeb, 30 June 1998.
- ↑ Parliamentary Election Results Trend Kade Region Template:Webarchive
- ↑ "Mrs. Owusu-Nimoh laid to rest". Ghana News Agency, 8 May 2011.
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