Ghanaian writer, politician, and academic (1942–2023)
Ama Ata Aidoo
Born
Christina Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-03-23)23 March 1942 Abeadzi Kyiakor, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Died
31 May 2023(2023-05-31) (aged 81)[a] Accra, Ghana
Occupation
Author
playwright
professor
Education
Wesley Girls' High School
Alma mater
University of Ghana
Genre
Drama
fiction
poetry
Subject
Comparative literature
postcolonial literature
Notable works
The Dilemma of a Ghost (1965)
Anowa (1970)
Our Sister Killjoy (1977)
Changes (1991)
Notable awards
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 1992
Ama Ata Aidoo (23 March 1942 – 31 May 2023)[1] was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, politician, and academic.[2][3] She was Secretary for Education in Ghana from 1982 to 1983 under Jerry Rawlings's PNDC administration. Her first play, The Dilemma of a Ghost, was published in 1965, making Aidoo the first published female African dramatist.[4] As a novelist, she won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1992 with the novel Changes. In 2000, she established the Mbaasem Foundation in Accra to promote and support the work of African women writers.[5]
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^Danquah, Nana-Ama (2 June 2023). "We are here: In memory of Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo". The Africa Report. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^"Ama Ata Aidoo | Ghanaian writer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^Hugon, Anne (31 August 2021). "Aidoo, Ama Ata". African History. Oxford Research Encyclopedias. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.469. ISBN 978-0-19-027773-4. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^Banyiwa Horne, Naana (2001). "Aidoo, Ama Ata". Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Routledge.
^"Welcome to Mbaasem". Mbaasem Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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