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Ellis Ayitey Komey
Ellis Ayitey Komey (1927 – 27 July 1972) was a Ghanaian writer and poet. Early years and education Komey was born in 1927 in Labadi, a suburb of Accra in the British colony of the Gold Coast. He had his early education at Methodist Senior Boys' School then the Accra Academy then later proceeded to the University of London. Career and works He spent 16 years of his life in England. For six years, he was editor of the international black magazine ''Flamingo''. He was manager of ''Ludeco'', an organisation that deals with publishing, public relations and tourism. His short stories and poems appeared in anthologies and journals including ''Flamingo'' and ''West African Review''. He compiled the anthology ''Modern African Stories'' with Ezekiel Mphahlele (later known as Es'kia Mphahlele). Some of his poems are also found in the anthology ''Messages: Poems from Ghana'', compiled by Kofi Awoonor and Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty. Death Komey died on 27 July 1972 at Korle Bu Hospital in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree-awarding examination board for students holding certificates from University College London and King's College London and "other such other Institutions, corporate or unincorporated, as shall be established for the purpose of Education, whether within the Metropolis or elsewhere within our United Kingdom". This fact allows it to be one of three institutions to claim the title of the third-oldest university in England, and moved to a federal structure in 1900. It is now incorporated by its fourth (1863) royal charter and governed by the University of London Act 2018. It was the first university in the United Kingdom to introduce examinations for women in 1869 and, a decade later, the first to admit women to degrees. In 1913, it appointe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty
Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (born 1916) is a Ghanaian poet and writer. Life In 1958 Adali-Mortty joined the advisory committee of the international literary journal ''Black Orpheus''. He was a contributor to the 1958 anthology '' Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955–57'', edited by Henry Swanzy,Smith, Victoria Ellen (ed.)''Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955–57'' 2nd Edition, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, 2018. and contributed both poetry and political commentary to the ''Legon Observer'': for example, "A Spent Scare" (1967) was written in response to the coup that ended Nkrumah's rule. Works * "Ewe Poetry", ''Black Orpheus'', No. 4 (1958), 36-45 * "The Spent Scare", '' The Legon Observer'', 2:5 (3 March 1967), pp. 21–2 * (ed. with Kofi Awoonor) ''Messages: Poems from Ghana'', Heinemann, 1971. African Writers Series The African Writers Series (AWS) is a collection of books written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghanaian Writers
This is a list of Ghanaian writers. A * Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1920–1997), novelist * Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (1916–), poet * Kobena Eyi Acquah (1952–), poet * Kofi Acquah-Dadzie (1939–), jurist, and writer * Francis Agbodeka (1931–2005), academic and writer * Jot Agyeman (1967–), media practitioner * Ivor Agyeman-Duah (1966–), academic, writer, editor and film director * Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023), playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic * Kofi Akpabli (1973–), journalist, publisher, and travel writer. * Kofi Aidoo (1950–), short story writer * Mohammed Naseehu Ali (1971–), short story and non-fiction writer * Joseph Godson Amamoo (1931–), journalist and author * Anton Wilhelm Amo (c.1703–c.1759), philosopher * T. E. Anin (living), economist and author * Kofi Anyidoho (1947–), poet and academic * Anthony Appiah (1954–), philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist * Ayi Kwei Armah (1939–), novelist * T. Q. Armar (1915–2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Penguin Book Of Modern African Poetry
''The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry'' (in an earlier 1963 edition ''Modern Poetry from Africa'') is a 1984 poetry anthology edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. It consists mainly of poems written in English and English translations of French or Portuguese poetry; poems written in African languages were included only in the authors' translations. The poems are arranged by the country of the poet, then by their date of birth. The following sections list the poets included in the collection. Angola *Agostinho Neto *António Jacinto * Costa Andrade * Ngudia Wendel * Jofre Rocha *Ruy Duarte de Carvalho Benin ( Dahomey) * Emile Ologoudou Cameroun * Simon Mpondo *Mbella Sonne Dipoko * Patrice Kayo Cape Verde Islands * Onésima Silveira Congo Republic * Tchicaya U Tam’si * Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard *Emmanuel Dongala Côte d'Ivoire * Joseph Miezan Bognini * Charles Nokan Gambia *Lenrie Peters Ghana * Ellis Ayitey Komey *Kwesi Brew *Kofi Awoonor *Atukwei Okai *Kofi A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Graphic (Ghana)
The ''Daily Graphic'' is a Ghanaian state-owned daily newspaper published in Accra, Ghana. History The paper was established along with the ''Sunday Mirror'' in 1950, by Cecil King of the London Daily Mirror Group.Eribo, F., & W. Jong-Ebot, eds (1997). ''Press Freedom and Communication in Africa.'' Africa World Press. . With a circulation of 100,000 copies, the ''Graphic'' is the most widely read daily newspaper in the country. One journalist in particular, Fredrick Botchway, so gifted in his work had excelled at the paper and was swiftly promoted to Chief Editor in the mid 1950s. The paper has seen many editors replaced over the course of its history, particularly post-independence, after a string of successive military coups that resulted in the sacking editors who opposed the government policies.Anokwa, K. (1997). In Erbio & Jong-Ebot (1997), ''Press Freedom and Communication in Africa'', Africa World Press. In 1979 the newspaper was renamed the ''People's Daily Graphic'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) is a public teaching hospital located in the Ablekuma South Metropolitan District in Accra, Ghana. It is the only public tertiary hospital in the southern part of the country. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the medical school of the University of Ghana. Three centres of excellence, the National Cardiothoracic Centre, the National Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Radiotherapy Centres are all part of it. In 2019, the hospital gained a license from the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), after meeting the requirement. Established on 9 October 1923, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has grown from an initial 200-bed capacity to 2,000. It is currently the third largest hospital in Africa and the leading national referral centre in Ghana. Korle-Bu, which means the valley of the Korle Lagoon, was established as a general hospital to address the health needs of the indigenous people under the administration of Sir Gordon Guggisb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinemann (publisher)
William Heinemann Ltd., with the imprint Heinemann, was a London publisher founded in 1890 by William Heinemann. Their first published book, 1890's ''The Bondman'', was a huge success in the United Kingdom and launched the company. He was joined in 1893 by Sydney Pawling. Heinemann died in 1920 and Pawling sold the company to Doubleday, having worked with them in the past to publish their works in the United States. Pawling died in 1922 and new management took over. Doubleday sold his interest in 1933. Through the 1920s, the company was well known for publishing works by famous authors that had previously been published as serials. Among these were works by H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, George Moore, Max Beerbohm, and Henry James, among others. This attracted new authors to publish their first editions with the company, including Graham Greene, Edward Upward, J.B. Priestley and Vita Sackville-West. Throughout, the company was also known for its classics an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kofi Awoonor
Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March 1935 – 21 September 2013) 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, and was also published as Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor. He taught African literature at the University of Ghana. Professor Awoonor was among those who were killed in the September 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a participant at the Storymoja Hay Festival. Biography George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams was born in Wheta,"Kofi Awoonor: Remembering a Ghanaian poet" BBC News – Africa, 23 September 2013. in the |
