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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 ...
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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 81.
Mar 19, 2024 · Ama Ata Aidoo is a Ghanaian writer whose work, written in English, emphasized the paradoxical position of the modern African woman. Aidoo began to write seriously while an honours student at the University of Ghana (B.A., 1964). She won early recognition with a problem play, The Dilemma of a Ghost
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May 31, 2023 · Ama Ata Aidoo was born in a small village in Ghana's central Fanti-speaking region in 1942. Her father had opened the first school in the village and was a strong influence on her.
Jul 5, 2023 · Ama Ata Aidoo, who died aged 81 on 31 May, was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, academic and activist. Her first play, The Dilemma of a Ghost, published in 1965, looked at the legacies of ...
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Jun 11, 2023 · Christine Ama Ata Aidoo was born, with a twin brother, Kwame Ata, at Abeadzi Kyiakor, near Saltpond in central Ghana (at that time known as the Gold Coast), the daughter of Maame Abasema and Nana ...
Jun 7, 2023 · Who was Ama Ata Aidoo? Aidoo was born on 23 March 1942 in southern Ghana to a royal family of the Fante ethnic community. Encouraged by her father to pursue western education, she began writing at ...
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