Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh
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.
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Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh
- Born
- Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh was born on 6 February 1936.
- Died
- Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh died on 14 February 2011.
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Occupation
- writer · politician
- Languages
- English
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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.
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Owusu-Nimoh was a Ghanaian author and also the founder-proprietor of Ama Nipaa Memorial Preparatory and Junior Secondary School in Kade, Ghana. In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade, coming second with 37.9% of the vote.
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Owusu-Nimoh died on 14 February 2011, at the age of 75.
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• Rivers of Ghana, 1979 • Kofizee Goes to School, 1978 • The Walking Calabash and Other Stories, 1977 • Mosquito Town, 1966 • Tiko and Bosi, 1984
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1936
Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh was born on 6 February 1936.
2011
Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh died on 14 February 2011.
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