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<dlaumann@memphis.edu> Peggy Appiah, author of numerous children's books on Asante culture, passed away earlier this week. Born in May 21, 1921 in Gloucestershire, England, in 1953 she married Joe E. Appiah, who later became a Ghanaian government official and diplomat. Famed Africanist Kwame Anthony Appiah of Princeton University is among their four children. A longtime resident of Kumasi, Peggy Appiah devoted her lifetime to collecting Asante proverbs and stories and published many books including Tales of an Ashanti Father and Ananse the Spider: Tales from an Ashanti Village. Dr. Dennis Laumann Assistant Professor of African History Director, Memphis Ghana Study Abroad Program Department of History The University of Memphis Memphis TN 38152-3450 USA office: 139 Mitchell Hall telephone: 901-678-3392 fax: 901-678-2720 homepage: https://umdrive.memphis.edu/dlaumann/public/home.html
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