Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian writer
Elizabeth Robey
Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023) was a Ghanaian playwright, author and activist. The New York Times wrote that Aidoo "was hailed as one of Africa's leading literary lights as well as one of its most influential feminists". She was secretary for Education in Ghana from 1982-83, and her first play was published in 1965 making her the first published female African dramatist. Aidoo is considered a major voice of post-colonial Africa. This list includes a few of her publications, including poetry and short essays.
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DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 July 1966 English
Apartheid's bounds increase. Zimbabwe dialogue. Daughters of the sun - Obi B Egbuna. The oral tradition. Above all is poetry - Ama Ata Aidoo. Development strategy and implementation in Ghana …
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 July 1966 English
Botswana free, and Lesotho. How many Africans? - Suzanne Cronje. Challenge of the handicapped - Arthue Blaxall. Books and the Arts - Ama Ata Aidoo. Leadership and the Wanji - …
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 December 1965
Africa expects.... What is African socialism? - Bede Onuoha. Looking back at UDI. For Serowe a village in Africa - Bessie Head. Books and the Arts. Beauford Delaney, or the …
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 November 2013 English
A scholarly introductory essay on the periodical The New African.