Ama Ata Aidoo
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 2 years ago |
| 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.