Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh
Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (6 February 1936 – 14 February 2011[1]) 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.[2]
Mercy Adoma Owusu Nimoh was a Ghanaian author and also the founder-proprietor of Ama Nipaa Memorial Preparatory and Junior Secondary School in Kade, Ghana.[3] In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade, coming second with 37.9% of the vote.[4]
Works
- Rivers of Ghana 1979
- Kofizee goes to school 1978
- The Walking Calabash and Other Stories 1977
- Mosquito Town 1966
References
- ^ "Mrs. Owusu-Nimoh laid to rest". Ghana News Agency.
- ^ The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: recent winning titles
- ^ "Advise Children Against Accepting Lifts in Vehicles", GhanaWeb, 30 June 1998.
- ^ Parliamentary Election Results Trend Kade Region
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