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Kofi Awoonor

West AfricaPost-colonialFiction/PoetryPoetry
This Earth, My Brother
1971
Kofi Awoonor

An experimental 'prose poem' following attorney Amamu through a day in his life, blending standard narrative with symbol-laden mystical journey exploring post-independence Ghana.

West AfricaFiction/Poetry
Night of My Blood
1971
Kofi Awoonor

Poetry collection drawing deeply on the Ewe oral tradition, especially the funeral dirge (halo). Awoonor fuses indigenous African poetics with modernist influences to mourn colonial disruption.

West AfricaPoetry