Kojo Laing | |
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| Born | Bernard Ebenezer Laing 1 July 1946 |
| Died | 20 April 2017 (aged 70) Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Other names | B. Kojo Laing; Bernard Kojo Laing |
| Education | Bonhill Primary School; Vale of Leven Academy |
| Alma mater | Glasgow University |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, poet |
| Notable work | Search Sweet Country (1986) Woman of the Aeroplanes (1988) |
B. Kojo Laing or Bernard Kojo Laing (1 July 1946 – 20 April 2017)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ "Writers pay tribute to Kojo Laing: 'Africa’s best novelist, by far' – Binyavanga Wainaina", The Reading List, 24 April 2017.
- ^ Moussa Issifou, "Beyond the Language Debate in Postcolonial Literature: Linguistic Hybridity in Kojo B. Laing’s Woman of the Aeroplanes", The Journal of Pan African Studies, vol. 6, no. 5, October 2013, p. 47.
- ^ Hankinson, Joseph (2023). Kojo Laing, Robert Browning and Affiliative Literature. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-18776-6. ISBN 978-3-031-18775-9. S2CID 254625651.