Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty
Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty is a Ghanaian poet and writer.Life
In 1958 Adali-Mortty joined the advisory committee of the international literary journal Black Orpheus.
He contributed both poetry and political commentary to the Legon Observer: for example, 'A Spent Scare' was written in response to the coup which ended Nkrumah's rule.Works
- "Ewe Poetry", Black Orpheus, No. 4, 36-45
- 'The Spent Scare', The Legon Observer, 2:5, pp. 21–2
- Messages: Poems from Ghana, Heinemann, 1971. African Writers Series 42
- 'Change of Government to the Spoils System Again?', The Legon Observer 9: 4
- 'Reply to Kwabena Manu's Rejoinder to "Change of Government to the Spoils System Again?"', The Legon Observer, 9:6, p. 166