One of Africa’s most celebrated authors and playwrights, Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo, has died aged 81, the BBC reports.
In a statement, her family said “Our beloved relative and writer” passed away after a short illness, requesting privacy to allow them to grieve.
A renowned feminist, she honoured and illustrated the plight of African women in works like Changes, Our Sister Killjoy, and The Dilemma of a Ghost.
She resisted the “Western stereotype that the African woman is a downtrodden wretch.”
She also served as education minister in the early 1980s but resigned when she could not make education free.
Ata Aidoo, a professor at a university, received numerous literary honours, including…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
