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Biography

Name: Ama Ata Aidoo
Variant Name: Christina Ama Aidoo
Birth Date: March 23, 1942
Place of Birth: Abeadzi Kyiakor, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Gender: Female
Occupations: writer, educator

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Biography of Ama Ata Aidoo
2,892 words, approx. 10 pages
Ama Ata Aidoo's identity as an African woman is a propelling force governing her artistic vision, and she is one of the few African writers who persist in exploring the colonial history of the continent, especially its legacy of slavery-hence the...
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Biography of (Christina) Ama Ata Aidoo
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Ama Ata Aidoo's identity as an African woman is a propelling force governing her artistic vision, and she is one of the few African writers who persist in exploring the colonial history of the continent, especially its legacy of slavery--hence the...
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Biography of Ama Ata Aidoo
1,820 words, approx. 6 pages
(Christina) Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942) explored the social conscience of her African peers through her writing, speaking, and teaching endeavors. Ghanaian writer and educator, Ama Ata Aidoo delved the soul of African traditions through her literary...


Quotations
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Ama Ata Aidoo Quotes
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It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Ama Ata Aidoo Information
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Ama Ata Aidoo (born March 23, 1942) is a Ghanaian author and playwright who was born Christina Ama Aidoo in Abeadzi Kyiakor. She grew up in a Fante royal household and was sent by her father to the Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast from 1961 to...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Modupe Olaogun
10,924 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Olaogun explores the recurring theme of slavery in Anowa, Bessie Head's Maru, and Buchi Emecheta's The Slave Girl, asserting that the slavery motif “suggests a deeper structural analysis of historical time than a focus on the immediate independence period as a privileged moment through which the postindependence morass in Africa could be understood.”
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Critical Essay by Maria Olaussen
10,394 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Olaussen argues that Changes: A Love Story presents an “utopian” vision of the deconstruction of traditional sexual roles in postcolonial Africa.
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Critical Essay by Kofi Owusu
10,293 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following essay, Owusu considers the impact of racial and gender issues on Our Sister Killjoy, commenting that the novel “seems to defy easy categorization, and one soon gets the impression that it defines itself by this very fact.”
 


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