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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.
May 27, 2024 · Ama Ata Aidoo (born March 23, 1942, Abeadzi Kyiakor, near Saltpond, Gold Coast [now Ghana]—died May 31, 2023) is a Ghanaian writer whose work, written in English, emphasized the paradoxical position of the modern African woman.
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May 31, 2023 · One of Africa's most-celebrated authors and playwrights, Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo, has died aged 81. A renowned feminist, she depicted and celebrated the condition of African women in works such as...
Jun 5, 2023 · Ama Ata Aidoo, a Ghanaian playwright, author and activist who was hailed as one of Africa’s leading literary lights as well as one of its most influential feminists, died on Wednesday. She was...
3 days ago · Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the most prominent African writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her works comprise plays, novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. She is recognized worldwide and has received many prizes and honorary distinctions. In Ghana, her country of origin, her books are part of the syllabus for secondary schools, and they ...
Jun 7, 2023 · Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023) was a prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister who challenged patriarchy and colonialism in her works. She wrote novels, plays, poems and essays that explored the complexities and challenges of African women's lives in colonial and postcolonial societies.
May 31, 2023 · Ama Ata Aidoo, the iconic Ghanaian writer whose classics The Dilemma of a Ghost and Changes were taught to children in West African schools for decades, has died aged 81.
