The Ghanaian playwright and novelist, who also served as her country’s education minister, focused on the modern African woman
The Ghanaian writer and academic Ama Ata Aidoo, whose work focused on the modern African woman, has died aged 81.
Ata Aidoo, whose fans included Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, rejected the idea of what she described as a “western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch”, said the BBC.
More Stories
This elusive possum was thought to be extinct outside Victoria. Now ecologists have made an ‘amazing’ discovery
‘We’ll determine our defence policy’: Albanese responds to US push for huge rise in spending as it stokes China fears
China has ‘totally violated’ its trade agreement with the US, says Trump