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Introduction to Kofi Awoonor's new book 'The Promise of Hope: New and selected poems'

The body of Professor Kofi Awoonor, who died in the Westgate Mall shooting in Niarobi, Kenya, last Saturday is expected in Accra today. We publish below the introduction to the yet-to-be publish book, “The Promise of Hope”: New and selected poems. It is written by Prof. Kofi Anyidoho:

'We owe a duty to our country, people'

Rediscovery, Kofi Awoonor’s first collection of poems, was published in 1964 by Mbari Press, Ibadan. By a significant coincidence, The Promise of Hope, New and Selected Poems, is being released in 201

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