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Mercy Adoma Owusu Nimoh

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Name
  
Mercy Owusu-Nimoh


Role
  
Writer

Books
  
The Walking Calabash and other stories

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.

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. In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade, coming second with 37.9% of the vote.

Works

  • Rivers of Ghana, 1979
  • Kofizee Goes to School, 1978
  • The Walking Calabash and Other Stories, 1977
  • Mosquito Town, 1966
  • References

    Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh Wikipedia