My Favorite Writer || Ama Ata Aidoo by @padmore
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A writer is someone who writes, or produces an output of literary work. My favorite writer is a lady called Ama Ata Aidoo.
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Ama Ata Aidoo, also known as Christina Ama Aidoo, was born in March 23, 1942 at Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana, to Chief of Abeadzi Kyaikor, Nana Yaw Fama and Maame Abasema. Her grandfather was killed during the neocolonialism that was going on at the time in their area. The murder of her grandfather brought an attention to her father about education, to educate all individuals about the history and events during that time. This idea made Ama to go to Wesley Girls' Senior High School in Cape Coast, after her basic education, where took the decision of becoming a writer. She attended the school for a period of three years that is, from 1961 to 1964.
After she had completed Senior high school, she gained admission into the University of Ghana, Legon, to peruse a degree in Bachelor of Arts in English. In 1964, after she had completed, she wrote her first play which she titled, "The Dilemma of a Ghost". Aidoo was awarded the first African Woman dramatist, after Long man published the play.
In 1982, under the Provision National Defence Council (PNDC), Aidoo was appointed the Minister of Education. She resigned the position after 18 months of service, when she realized that she would not be able to achieve her aim of making education free and accessible to all. She was a true African Woman during her time. She criticized those literates who claimed to be Africans and yet are moved by the benefits of the developed countries.
Ama Ata Aidoo had the chance to work in the United States, where she organized a fellowship in creative writing at the Stanford University, California. Aidoo also acted as a research personnel at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, and not only that, she was also and English Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, where she later rose to be a professor. Aidoo also taught several English courses at the Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, in early 1990s.
Aidoo's fictional works specifically include the tension between Western and African World. Her first novel, Our Sister Killjoy, was published in 1977 and stands as one of her most popular works. Her novel, Changes, also won the 1992 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for best book. Not only is she a novelist, she was also a poet. She wrote poetry works and her first was, "Someone talking to Sometime" which also won the Nelson Mandela Prize for Poetry in 1987. She also wrote several children's books.
Aidoo made a contribution in the work "To be a Woman", to the 1984 anthology Sisterhood is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology, which was edited by Robin Morgan. Aidoo's story, "Two Sisters", featured in the 1992 anthology Daughters of Africa, which was also edited by Margaret Busby.
Below are some of her books:
Aidoo founded the Mbaase Foundation in 2000, which was a non-governmental organization found in Ghana with a mission "to support the development and sustainability of African women writers and their artistic works". This powerful woman is known to be the editor of the 2006 anthology African Love Stories.
In 2012, she released Diplomatic Pounds and other stories. She is also the Writer of the present book used in the senior high schools in Ghana for their Final exams in English-Literature, which is titled "No Sweetness Here", which also comprises of several short poems.
Aidoo received several awards for her wonderful role in education, some include the Commonwealth Writer's Prize in 1992. She was also awarded by the Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association, for best book published by a woman. Also, in 2007, the Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing (Aidoo Centre), under the protection of the Kojo Yankah School of Communications Studies at the African University College of Communications in Adabraka, Accra, was named in honour of her.
Ama Ata Aidoo is my favorite writer and enjoy reading her books.
Thank you
She's indeed an exceptional writer, "No Sweetness here is used as a literature book in the SHS now.
Yes
I used it during my final exams
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