Ama Ata Aidoo
Title
Ama Ata Aidoo
Rights
Birth Date
23 March 1942
Birthplace
Abeadzi Kyiakor, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Death Date
31 May 2023
Primary Sources
Aidoo, A. A. (2015). No Sweetness Here: And Other Stories. The Feminist Press at CUNY. https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/no-sweetness
Aidoo, A. A. (2005). African Love Stories: An Anthology. Ayebia Clarke Publishing.
Aidoo, A. A. (2002). The girl who can: And other stories. Heinemann.
Aidoo, A. A. (1992). An Angry Letter in January. Dangaroo Press.
Aidoo, A. A. (1991). Changes: A Love Story. The Women's Press.
Aidoo, A. A. (1990). We were feminists in Africa first. Index on Censorship, 19(9), 17-18. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064229008534948
Aidoo, A. A. (1987). Birds and Other Poems. Harare: College Press.
Aidoo, A. A. (1986). Someone Talking to Sometime. Harare College Press.
Aidoo, A. A. (1977). Our Sister Killjoy. Longman.
Aidoo, A. A. (1970). Anowa. Longman.
Aidoo, A. A. (1964).The Dilemma of a Ghost. Longman.
Aidoo, A. A. (1987). Birds and Other Poems. Harare: College Press.
Aidoo, A. A. (1986). Someone Talking to Sometime. Harare College Press.
Aidoo, A. A. (1977). Our Sister Killjoy. Longman.
Aidoo, A. A. (1970). Anowa. Longman.
Aidoo, A. A. (1964).The Dilemma of a Ghost. Longman.
Secondary Sources
Needham, A. D., & Aidoo, A. A. (1995). An Interview with Ama Ata Aidoo. The Massachusetts Review, 36(1), 123-133. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25090585
George, R. M., Scott, H., & Aidoo, A. A. (1993, April). " A new tail to an old tale": An Interview with Ama Ata Aidoo. In Novel: A Forum on Fiction (Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 297-308). Duke University Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1345838
Brown, L. W. (1974). Ama Ata Aidoo: The art of the short story and sexual roles in Africa. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 13(2), 172-183. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17449857408588301
Extra Resources
Sackeyfio, R.A. (2023, June 7). Ama Ata Aidoo: the pioneering writer from Ghana left behind a string of feminist classics. The Conversation. Accessed June 13, 2023. https://theconversation.com/ama-ata-aidoo-the-pioneering-writer-from-ghana-left-behind-a-string-of-feminist-classics-207123
Ghanaian Author Ama Ata Aidoo (1987). (2020, April 8). Youtube. EYEGAMBIA. Accessed June 12, 2023. https://youtu.be/vFm61M8LyeYCollection
Citation
“Ama Ata Aidoo,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed September 12, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/643.