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Kojo Laing


Born
in Kumasi, Ghana
July 01, 1946

Died
April 20, 2017

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry


B. Kojo Laing or Bernard Kojo Laing (1 July 1946 – 20 April 2017) was a Ghanaian novelist and poet, whose writing is characterised by its hybridity, whereby he uses Ghanaian Pidgin English and vernacular languages alongside standard English. His first two novels in particular – Search Sweet Country (1986) and Woman of the Aeroplanes (1988) – were praised for their linguistic originality, both books including glossaries that feature the author's neologisms as well as Ghanaian words. ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 897 ratings · 212 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors
The Big Book of Science Fic...
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4.14 avg rating — 854 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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Search Sweet Country
3.69 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1986 — 20 editions
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Woman of the Aeroplanes
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Big Bishop Roko and the Alt...
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