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Ghana mourns loss of poet Kofi Awoonor killed in Kenya mall attack

(26 Sep 2013) BODY OF POET KOFI AWOONOR FLOWN HOME Mourners sang funeral dirges and traditional leaders poured libations on Wednesday (25 SEPT) for beloved poet Kofi Awoonor as hundreds gathered at the airport where his body was brought home days after he was killed in the Kenya mall attack. Awoonor, 78, was a literary icon in his native Ghana, and was known worldwide for his innovative style that translated the rhythms of his Ewe language into English. He was also a veteran diplomat, and top government officials and members of parliament came to the airport. Awoonor had been in Kenya with his son to take part in the Storymoja Hay Festival, a four-day literary event. He died alongside 61 others, killed by al-Shabab militants in the Westgate mall attack. His son Afetsi, who was wounded in the terror attack, returned to Ghana on Wednesday with his father's body. The casket then was taken from the airport in a hearse. His longtime friend and fellow academic Kofi Anyidoho said the poet might have foreseen his end coming. "The death was not one anybody was expecting. People have observed that, given certain details that are coming out, it appears that he sensed that the end was coming but I bet he didn't know how it was going to come and especially where it was going to come and that would have come to he himself as a surprise," said Anyidoho. "Ghana has not lost only somebody in politics, but has lost an academic, a well known academic," said Lee Ocran, former Minister of Education. Kofi Awoonor was the eldest of 10 children in his family, and relatives said he had paid school fees for hundreds of people. Awoonor, who studied at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, later taught at universities in Ghana and the United States. He also had served as Ghana's ambassador to Brazil, Cuba and the United Nations. His works are taught in high school English literature classes across the continent, and his latest book "Promises of Hope: New and Selected Poems," is due out next year. The family plans a funeral for 3 October, followed by a state memorial service on 11October and a final burial in his hometown in southeastern Ghana on 11 November. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...