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.The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: recent winning titles
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."Advise Children Against Accepting Lifts in Vehicles" , GhanaWeb, 30 June 1998. In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade, coming second with 37.9% of the vote.Parliamentary Election Results Trend Kade Region
Death Owusu-Nimoh died on 14 February 2011, at the age of 75."Mrs. Owusu-Nimoh laid to rest". Ghana News Agency, 8 May 2011.
Works Rivers of Ghana, 1979 Kofizee Goes to School, 1978 The Walking Calabash and Other Stories, 1977 Mosquito Town, 1966 Tiko and Bosi, 1984
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