Kojo Laing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kojo Laing

Ghanaian author, novelist and poet

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1946

Place of Birth: Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Date of Death: 20-Apr-2017

Profession: writer, poet, author, novelist

Nationality: Ghana

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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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.