Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh

Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (6 February 1936 – 14 February 2011) was a Ghanaian children's writer, publisher, educationist and politician. She was the recipient of a Noma Award honourable mention in 1980 for The Walking Calabash.

Life and career Owusu-Nimoh was a Ghanaian author and also the founder-proprietor of Ama Nipaa Memorial Preparatory and Junior Secondary School in Kade, Ghana. In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade, coming second with 37.9% of the vote.

Death Owusu-Nimoh died on 14 February 2011, at the age of 75.

Works Rivers of Ghana, 1979 Kofizee Goes to School, 1978 The Walking Calabash and Other Stories, 1977 Mosquito Town, 1966 Tiko and Bosi, 1984