Ama Ata Aidoo
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Gender | Female |
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Death | Died last year |
Date of birth | March 23,1942 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Abeadzi Kyiakor |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Plays | Anowa |
Children | Kinna Likimani |
Genres | Drama |
Fiction | |
Poetry | |
Parents | Maame Abasema |
Nana Yaw Fama | |
Education | University of Ghana |
Wesley Girls' High School | |
Subject | postcolonial literature |
Books | Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa |
Changes: A Love Story | |
Our Sister Killjoy | |
No sweetness here and other stories | |
Movies/Shows | The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo |
Date of died | May 31,2023 |
Died | Accra |
Ghana | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 770450 |
Ama Ata Aidoo Life story
Ama Ata Aidoo was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, politician, and academic. 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.