Celebrated Ghanaian poet Awoonor killed in Westgate attack

A Ghanaian poet of distinction, and one of Africa’s greatest literary icons, Professor Kofi Awoonor, is dead. He died on Sunday morning from wounds sustained during Saturday’s ghastly and cowardly attack carried out by the Somali militant group – Al Shabaab, at the Westgate Mall, in Kenya. Ghanaian government officials in the Capital, Accra, have confirmed news of his untimely demise. “Prof. Awoonor died from injuries sustained during an attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi… a statement issued over the weekend, partly read. His son, who was with him at the time of the incident, also sustained injuries. He is said to be responding to treatment.