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Ama Ata Aidoo: Celebrating women in Africa
A 2014 interview with acclaimed Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo, who has died aged 81. She arguably did more than any other writer to depict and celebrate of women in Africa.
The acclaimed Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo has died aged 81. A former education minister for a brief period in Ghana, she arguably did more than any other writer to depict and celebrate the condition of women in Africa. Zeinab Badawi spoke with her in 2014. How much is there really to celebrate about being female in Africa?
Image: Ama Ata Aidoo, pictured in 2017 (Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)
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