Guardians of the Sacred Word: Ewe Poetry

by Kofi Awoonor

Book by Awoonor, Kofi

Genres: African Literature

104 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1974

About the author

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. He started writing under the name George Awoonor-Williams. Professor Kofi Awoonor was among those who were killed in the September 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, by the al-Shabaab militant group.