Awoonor: Storify and Tweets in Memoriam [for Ghana Lit Week]

Illustration by The Black Narrator of Awoonor and his bibliography

Ghanaian Literature Week comes to an end today. Very thankful to all you who have read this blog and taken part in the activities for the week by reading a Ghanaian writer, poet, literary work or anything connected to Ghanaian literature (and that includes this blog, thank you). When Kofi Awoonor died, I curated a Storify (also embedded as a tweet down the page) to mark responses by twitter users. Please click here to see and re-live the announcement and immediate responses. I will end the week by sharing with you a couple more tweets that have come in tribute to the man Kofi Awoonor who has been the center of my study for the week. Many of these will lead you to blog posts and news responses from which you can read tons more responses from the literary world. His death has been a great loss. Thanks to Kinna Reads for putting the week together and you can read all the shared posts on the week here. Maybe you never had the opportunity to express your condolences or share your thoughts on the man. By adding a comment on this post, you would have fulfilled it. Keep reading African poetry.

On such a day who would dare think of dying? So much Freedom means that we swear we'll postpone dying until the morning after. ~Kofi Awoonor

— aleya (@aleyakassam) November 15, 2013

My hero: Kofi Awoonor by Nii Parkes: http://t.co/RnWKeqmfo3

— The Guardian (@guardian) September 28, 2013

Kofi Awoonor's death is a sad sad moment here in Nairobi. We have lost one of the greatest African poets and diplomats. I've lost my uncle

— Kwame Dawes (@kwamedawes) September 22, 2013

Beautifully, and brilliant, Teju Cole: Letter from Nairobi: “I Will Say It Before Death Comes” http://t.co/Mhq8rL3g1p via @NewYorker

— Kwame Dawes (@kwamedawes) September 26, 2013

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama shocked to hear the death of Prof Kofi Awoonor in #Westgate Mall attack

— Africa Review (@africareview) September 22, 2013

«No; where the worm eats/ a grain grows.» Kofi Awoonor http://t.co/FyuXQpnVZw #RIPAwoonor @PENCatala

— Josep Porcar (@llambreig) September 29, 2013

Poet Kwame Dawes Remembers Kofi Awoonor With Reading of 'The Weaver Bird'http://t.co/RSj8rKMlCl #African #poetry #kofiAwoonor

— arnoldo garcía (@arnoldogarcia) November 12, 2013

My heart is heavy. #RIPAwoonor

— Delalorm Semabia (@Delalorm) September 22, 2013

Nairobi pays tribute to #KofiAwoonor with @SMHayFest @tejucole @warsan_shire @kwamedawes @aleyakassam #WestgateMall pic.twitter.com/tjP85r6OdM

— Wachuka (@SisterKilljoy) September 23, 2013

Awoonor: In Response to his Death http://t.co/FDYKE5yxz6 #storify #RIPAwoonor

— Delalorm Semabia (@Delalorm) September 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/ghameli/status/384650629743800320

#Ghana #alumni: Remember the inspiring lectures from Kofi Awoonor? Read this tribute from Olayemi Tinuoye http://t.co/GT9507Zis4

— SIT Study Abroad (@SITStudyAbroad) November 16, 2013

The late Kofi Awoonor looms large at Ghanian Literature Week http://t.co/1lwzcKoVXz

— Writing Africa (@writingafrica_) November 17, 2013

DailyGuide: Tears Flow For Kofi Awoonor http://t.co/jN9MkFPC5D #NewsInGhana #DailyGuide

— Daily Guide Ghana (@dailyguideghana) November 16, 2013

Kofi Awoonor: Remembering a Ghanaian poet http://t.co/g0PuymIUXY #Ghana #Westgate

— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) September 23, 2013