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[5]
  • Kofizee Goes to School, 1978[6]
  • The Walking Calabash and Other Stories, 1977[7]
  • Mosquito Town, 1966[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Mrs. Owusu-Nimoh laid to rest". Ghana News Agency, 8 May 2011.
  2. ^ The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: recent winning titles Archived 24 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Advise Children Against Accepting Lifts in Vehicles" Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, GhanaWeb, 30 June 1998.
  4. ^ Parliamentary Election Results Trend Kade Region Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Owusu-Nimoh, Mercy (1977). The rivers of Ghana. Kade, Eastern Region, Ghana: Monim Bookland. OCLC 4741642. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ^ Owusu-Nimoh, Mercy (1978). Kofizee goes to school. Tema: Ghana Pub. Corp. OCLC 34313029. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. ^ Owusu-Nimoh, Mercy (1977). The Walking Calabash and other stories. Tema, Ghana: Ghana Pub. Corp. OCLC 7192234. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2023.


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