Kofi Awoonor

Kofi Awoonor is a Ghanaian poet, diplomat, and politician. He was the first African to be appointed as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Awoonor was born in 1934 in Kumasi, Ghana. He studied at the University of Ghana and later at the University of Oxford. He has published numerous collections of poetry and has received several awards for his work. Awoonor has also served as the Ghanaian Ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom.