Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh

Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh: Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (6th February 1936 - 14th February 2011) was Ghanaian children's writer, publisher, educationist and politician. She was the recipient of a Noma Award honourable mention in 1980 for The Walking Calabash.^[1]

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.^[2] In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade, coming second with 37.9% of the vote.^[3]

Works

Rivers of Ghana 1979

Kofizee goes to school 1978

The Walking Calabash and Other Stories 1977

Mosquito Town 1966

References

^ The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: recent winning titles

^ Advise Children Against Accepting Lifts in Vehicles, 30 Jun 1998

^ Parliamentary Election Results Trend Kade Region

External links

Works by or about Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Persondata

Name Owusu-Nimoh

Alternative names Mercy Adoma Kwakwa, Nana Adoma

Short description

Date of birth 6th February 1936

Place of birth Kade, Ghana

Date of death

Place of death

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Persondata
Name	Owusu-Nimoh
Alternative names	Mercy Adoma Kwakwa, Nana Adoma
Short description
Date of birth	6th February 1936
Place of birth	Kade, Ghana
Date of death
Place of death