Awoonor is in a hotel lobby. He wants to ask the clerk a question. As he turns to go to the front desk, he accidentally bumps into an Ashanti woman beside him and as he does, his elbow goes into her breast. They are both star ... read full comment
Awoonor is in a hotel lobby. He wants to ask the clerk a question. As he turns to go to the front desk, he accidentally bumps into an Ashanti woman beside him and as he does, his elbow goes into her breast. They are both startled and he says, "Ma'am, if your heart is as soft as your breast, I know you'll forgive me." She replies, "if your penis is as hard as your elbow, I'm in Asante Kotoko room 1020."
Kawaanopaado 12 years ago
I have chatted with some eminent people recently and from what I heard, the late Prof was a polyglot who spoke many Ghanaian languages so fluently, including Ga, Fante, Twi, Ewe, perhaps among others. Is this the man who is p ... read full comment
I have chatted with some eminent people recently and from what I heard, the late Prof was a polyglot who spoke many Ghanaian languages so fluently, including Ga, Fante, Twi, Ewe, perhaps among others. Is this the man who is painted as an Ewe tribalist, ethno-centrist, chauvinist and all those unpalatable opprobious epithets? Ghanafuo must come out of their cocoons and warped mental parochialism to celebrate the life of a distinguished writer and statesman. What the man wrote was writ in fiction. His real life was another ball game. As a Fante, I cannot claim ethnic superiority over any tribe in Ghana because knowledge is not the exclusive preserve of any tribe or family. It is evenly distributed as on the normal curve of error or Gaussian curve. The y3see, y3see and ak33, ak33 will ruin Ghana if we do not rise over our pettiness. Rumours are the hallmark of the indolent, lazy and jealous wannabes. The man was Chairman of Council of State, what more evidence do you need of his pedigree and calibre? Ghanaians, mo ma y3ny3 biako yooo. Biako y3, y3 nhyira, biako y3 y3 ahooden, biako y3 y3ooooo, ooo ooooo. Those are the words of late musical maestro, Dr Ephraim Amu.
ROYAL AKAN 12 years ago
GOOD HE DIE THAT WAYS
GOOD HE DIE THAT WAYS
CS 12 years ago
Quote: "What the man wrote was writ in fiction."
Phony-baloney!
The "un-afraid Prof." admitted what he wrote was as a result of a "reckless youthful exuberance caught in the revolutionary fervour of incendiary rhetoric" ... read full comment
Quote: "What the man wrote was writ in fiction."
Phony-baloney!
The "un-afraid Prof." admitted what he wrote was as a result of a "reckless youthful exuberance caught in the revolutionary fervour of incendiary rhetoric"!
Don't "chicken" the Mighty Warrior!
Joy 12 years ago
When I was a graduate student at Princeton, in my first year, I visited Bronx where my sister was living in the same apartment complex with Prof Kofi Awoonor. At the time, he was lecturing part time at Columbia and pursuing h ... read full comment
When I was a graduate student at Princeton, in my first year, I visited Bronx where my sister was living in the same apartment complex with Prof Kofi Awoonor. At the time, he was lecturing part time at Columbia and pursuing his final ph.d. dissertation.
What I remember about him is that he would often speak FANTI to my sister encouraging her to be closer to his (Kofi's) wife rather than the other gullible, gossipy Ghanaians in the same complex because he found my sister articulate and educated. I spoke often with him in Fanti and he was full of excitement whenever Ghana came up. Even at that time he did not look that old; I am surprised that he was 78. May he rest in peace - those who knew him up close really considered him classy and he fitted into many Ghanaian ethnic groups and backgrounds because he spoke so many Ghana languages.... it was always difficult to pin him as an Ewe. His English was nothing like an ewe accent!!! He reminded me that part of Awonoor-Williams larger family hails from Saltpond in the Central Region, just like the Renners.
Folks - Kofi was no tribalist. He might have been an Ewe nationalist. I found him more Ghanaian than most people; I can say for a fact that he was neither an ewe-phobic nor akan-phobic, if there are such things. He was simply a Ghanaian Nationalist
SAX TOMMEY 12 years ago
Prof was my Idol, a source
inspiration. A stateman and a maker of history.I cheriished him a lot.
Prof was my Idol, a source
inspiration. A stateman and a maker of history.I cheriished him a lot.
ghanaman 12 years ago
It is a truly great moment that a prolific writer dares to share his personal thoughts on an eminent writer and thinker. I knew the Prof during his days at UCC. Can say he was a worthy man. May he rest in peace.
It is a truly great moment that a prolific writer dares to share his personal thoughts on an eminent writer and thinker. I knew the Prof during his days at UCC. Can say he was a worthy man. May he rest in peace.
CHIEF ADVISER 12 years ago
WAS HE WORTHY OF KILLING OUR JUDGES?
SO HAS HE GONE TO JOIN THEM, HUREEE!!!
WAS HE WORTHY OF KILLING OUR JUDGES?
SO HAS HE GONE TO JOIN THEM, HUREEE!!!
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago
Doc, thanks for being bold to write this in memory of Prof. Awoonor. I know the vile elements whose mindset he so much criticised without mincing words in his The Ghana Revolution and thereby incurring their vile ire, will co ... read full comment
Doc, thanks for being bold to write this in memory of Prof. Awoonor. I know the vile elements whose mindset he so much criticised without mincing words in his The Ghana Revolution and thereby incurring their vile ire, will come to spew their puke here again but they are simply exposing themselves as the real tribal bigots in Ghana.
Andy-K
... ... ... 12 years ago
Andy, your writings and responses are exposing you as a true and real ewe tribal bigot. Please use your head instead of your emotions. GHANA FIRST
Andy, your writings and responses are exposing you as a true and real ewe tribal bigot. Please use your head instead of your emotions. GHANA FIRST
Kwawu Agbemenu 12 years ago
"The sun has set in the morning." Will another rise . . . another? Only Time knows. Thank you, Sodzi.
"The sun has set in the morning." Will another rise . . . another? Only Time knows. Thank you, Sodzi.
KK 12 years ago
It is becoming clearer and clearer that Okoampa is very wrong on Awoonor.
First Okoampa has been trying to convince us that Awoonor's litererary talents are of the middling type. But it seems people who know the man bette ... read full comment
It is becoming clearer and clearer that Okoampa is very wrong on Awoonor.
First Okoampa has been trying to convince us that Awoonor's litererary talents are of the middling type. But it seems people who know the man better and whose own talents are greater than Okoampa's rate him much higher than Okoampa will want us to believe. I've read so many positive tributes to him by many of Africa's currently good writers that acknowledge his literary talents to convince me that Okoampa cannot be right. When we call the literary greats of Ghana, Awoonor will surely be on roll call. And he belongs there on the African list too...
Secondly, Okoampa has been telling us that the man was ethnocentric and hated Akans. But Okoampa has, so far, not succeeded in giving us the proof. No one has succeeded.
Even if we don't like the man's political views and don't like the fact that he associated with Rawlings whom we don't like, let us give the man his due and let us represent him truthfully and not tell lies about him. It is simply nasty!
Awoonor is in a hotel lobby. He wants to ask the clerk a question. As he turns to go to the front desk, he accidentally bumps into an Ashanti woman beside him and as he does, his elbow goes into her breast. They are both star ...
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I have chatted with some eminent people recently and from what I heard, the late Prof was a polyglot who spoke many Ghanaian languages so fluently, including Ga, Fante, Twi, Ewe, perhaps among others. Is this the man who is p ...
read full comment
GOOD HE DIE THAT WAYS
Quote: "What the man wrote was writ in fiction."
Phony-baloney!
The "un-afraid Prof." admitted what he wrote was as a result of a "reckless youthful exuberance caught in the revolutionary fervour of incendiary rhetoric" ...
read full comment
When I was a graduate student at Princeton, in my first year, I visited Bronx where my sister was living in the same apartment complex with Prof Kofi Awoonor. At the time, he was lecturing part time at Columbia and pursuing h ...
read full comment
Prof was my Idol, a source
inspiration. A stateman and a maker of history.I cheriished him a lot.
It is a truly great moment that a prolific writer dares to share his personal thoughts on an eminent writer and thinker. I knew the Prof during his days at UCC. Can say he was a worthy man. May he rest in peace.
WAS HE WORTHY OF KILLING OUR JUDGES?
SO HAS HE GONE TO JOIN THEM, HUREEE!!!
Doc, thanks for being bold to write this in memory of Prof. Awoonor. I know the vile elements whose mindset he so much criticised without mincing words in his The Ghana Revolution and thereby incurring their vile ire, will co ...
read full comment
Andy, your writings and responses are exposing you as a true and real ewe tribal bigot. Please use your head instead of your emotions. GHANA FIRST
"The sun has set in the morning." Will another rise . . . another? Only Time knows. Thank you, Sodzi.
It is becoming clearer and clearer that Okoampa is very wrong on Awoonor.
First Okoampa has been trying to convince us that Awoonor's litererary talents are of the middling type. But it seems people who know the man bette ...
read full comment