Kojo Laing, born in 1946, was a Ghanian poet and writer known for using Ghanaian Pidgin English alongside standard English in his works. He wrote poetry mostly in the 1970s and was known for his surrealist technique. His novel Search Sweet Country, which was published in 1986, won prizes including the Valco Award and the Ghana Book Award.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojo_Laing
1946-07-01
2017-04-20
Ghana
Ghanaian
Ghana
English, Twi
Glasgow University, Birmingham University, College of Management
Godhorse (Heinemann International, Portsmouth, NH, 1989); Woman of the Aeroplanes (novel) (Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 1988 ); Search Sweet Country (novel) (Heinemann , Portsmouth, NH, 1986); Big Bishop Roko and the Altar Gangsters (novel) (Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, Ghana, 2006); Major Gentl and Achimota Wars (novel) (Heinemann African Writers Series, Portsmouth, NH, 1992)
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