A renowned Ghanaian author and advocate of women's rights, Ama Ata Aidoo has been confirmed dead in a statement released by her family. She died after a brief illness at 81. Before her demise, Ata Aidoo was one of Africa's most celebrated authors and playwrights, whose famous works include: The Dilemma of a Ghost, Our Sister Killjoy and Changes. She fought against what she called a 'Western perception of the African female as a downtrodden wretch.'
She died after a brief illness at 81.
She fought against what she called a"Western perception of the African female as a downtrodden wretch." Ata Aidoo, a university professor, earned numerous literary accolades for her novels, plays, and poetry, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1992 for Changes, a love story about a statistician who divorces her first husband and joins into a polygamist marriage.Her plays, such as Anowa, have been read in classrooms across West Africa, alongside works by other greats such as Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe.
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