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Thursday, 13 October 2016

READ: Song Of Sorrow 1 And 2 By Kofi Awoonor

READ: Song Of Sorrow 1 And 2 By Kofi Awoonor - (IMAGERY) It's important...

Born on March 13, 1935, Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet and author well-known for combining the poetic traditions of his native Ewe with contemporary and religious symbolism to create a unique form of writing. He died after sustaining injuries during the attack by Somali militant group, al-Shabaab at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya on September 21, 2013.

“Song of Sorrow 1 and 2 is a pessimistic poem. It is a dirge in which the living blame the ancestors for the hardship and difficulties that their departure has left behind. Much of

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