CULTURETECHLENSAma Ata Aidoo
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Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo died on 31 May 2023; her writing boldly addressed colonialism and patriarchy and centered African women's lives; her debut play The Dilemma of a Ghost (1964) made her the first African woman dramatist to have her work published; she later served as Ghana's Minister for Education (1982) and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1992 for Changes.
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Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo died on 31 May 2023; her writing boldly addressed colonialism and patriarchy and centered African women's lives; her debut play The Dilemma of a Ghost (1964) made her the first African woman dramatist to have her work published; she later served as Ghana's Minister for Education (1982) and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1992 for Changes.
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Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo died on 31 May 2023; her writing boldly addressed colonialism and patriarchy and centered African women's lives; her debut play The Dilemma of a Ghost (1964) made her the first African woman dramatist to have her work published; she later served as Ghana's Minister for Education (1982) and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1992 for Changes.
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