Ama Ata Aidoo

Confronted with the difficulty of finding love and companionship on acceptable terms, Esi meets Ali and falls in love, but she must decide if she is willing to make the changes necessary for a relationship. This is a story about Esi, an independent woman who leaves her husband, Oko, because he intrudes on her time and personal space.

Out of Africa with her degree and her all-seeing eyes comes Sissie. She comes to Europe, to a land of towering mountains and low grey skies and tries to make sense of it all. What is she doing here? Why aren't the natives friendly? And what will she do when she goes back home?Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo's brilliantly conceived prose poem is by turns bitter and gentle, and is a highly personal exploration of the conflicts between Africa and Europe, between men and women and between a complacent acceptance of the status quo and a passionate desire to reform a rotten world. Of her own writing, Ama Ata Aidoo says, "I write about people, about what strikes me and interests me. It seems the most natural thing in the world for women to write with women as central characters; making women the centre of my universe was spontaneous."

From the author of Changes : these stories “of post-independence Ghana in the late 1960s are written beautifully and wisely and with great subtlety” (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi).In this short story collection, the award-winning poet and author of Changes and Our Sister Killjoy explores postcolonial life in Ghana with her characteristic honesty, humor, and insight. A house servant wonders what independence means in a country where indoor plumbing is still reserved for bosses. A brother tracks down his runaway sister only to find she has become a prostitute. In the title story, a bitter divorce turns tragic when the couple’s only child dies of a snake bite.In these and other stories, tradition wrestles with new urban influences as Africans try to sort out their identity in a changing culture, and “even at her gravest, Miss Aidoo writes with a sunny charm” ( The New York Times ).

These two witty and perceptive social dramas are sympathetic and honest explorations of the conflicts between the individualism of westernised culture and the social traditions of Africa. Both plays have been performed throughout the world.

Drama / Anthology

In The Girl Who Can , the irrepressible Ama Ata Aidoo looks at the roles and rules, and the games people find themselves playing, often unwillingly. She analyses African women's struggle to find their rightful place in society. Her stories raise issues of choice and conflict, teasing about the issues with disarming frankness. How do people behave in cross-cultural relationships? In the modern world, where a plastic label identifies us, what is our identity? Will African women be in the driving seat in the twenty-first century? With the zest and humour, Aidoo raises these questions and provides some challenging answers. In this collection of short stories, Aidoo elevates the mundane in women's lives to an intellectual level in an attempt at challenging patriarchal structures and dominance in African society. Written from a child's perspective, Aidoo subverts the traditional beliefs and assumptions about the child's voice. Her inimitable sense of style and eloquence, explores love, marriage and relationships with all the issues they throw up for the contemporary African woman. In doing so, she manages to capture the very essence of womanhood.

Collection of twelve short stories - some set in Ghana, some elsewhere - by renowned Ghanaian author

This book contains fiction and nonfiction book samples and summaries. Best-Selling Books; Inspiring Stories; Thought-Provoking Proverbs; Intriguing Quotes; Dramatic Poems; Insightful Articles; and Heart Warming Speeches from African Writers.These are great minds reaching out to the world with their depth thoughts and feelings from the proud African continent. This book is like having a conversation with the great African writers such as Chinua Achebe, Adwoa Badoe, Ayi Kwei Armah, Ama Ata Aidoo, Atukwei Okai and many more. A mega compilation of fiction and non-fiction books, stories, articles, African proverbs, quotes and poems from various authors to motivate and inspire you. Perhaps this is what you’ve been waiting for. To have a conversation with exceptional writers as they share their moods and motivation from African.

Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. After the Ceremonies is arranged in three new and uncollected poems, some of which Aidoo calls “misplaced or downright lost”; selections from Aidoo’s An Angry Letter in January and Other Poems ; and selections from Someone Talking to Sometime . Although Aidoo is best known for her novels A Love Story and Our Sister Killjoy, which are widely read in women’s literature courses, and her plays The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa , which are read and performed all over the world, her prowess as a poet shines in this collection.

Each day has the same number of hours, but they are all different. That is the lesson in this charming book from award winning Ghanaian children's author, Ama Ata Aidoo.With the generous support of Jeff Bezos, Worldreader proudly presents this story in a new series of children’s and young adult books from the developing world. Worldreader is a non-profit organization committed to delivering digital books to children and families in the developing world using e-reader technology. By purchasing this book you directly contribute to this effort by helping fund school literacy programs, and promote the writing and publication of great books from local authors everywhere.

Vse šteje je izbor sedemnajstih kratkih zgodb ganske pisateljice Ama Ata Aidoo, ki velja za eno najpomembnejših avtoric afriške literature. Skozi različne prvoosebne pripovedovalce prikazuje usode domačinov. Zgodbe se gibljejo vse od kolonizacije oz. zmede, ki jo je pustila le ta za seboj, do tega, kako se Afričani vidijo v svetu oz. kako svet vidi njih, o odnosih v družini ter o odnosih med bogatimi in revnimi. V ospredje je največkrat postavljena ženska ter njen položaj v družini ali družbi. (Tjaša Šesek)

உலகின் மிகச் சிறந்த பெண் எழுத்தாளர்களாகக் கருதப்படும் அமா அடா ஐடூ மற்றும் பெஸீ ஹெட்டின் சிறுகதைகள் என்னால் தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டு இந்தத் தொகுப்பில்உள்ளடக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன.வருடக்கணக்காக ஆபிரிக்கா எதிர்கொள்ளவேண்டியிருக்கும் கோடையையும்,விவசாயம் மற்றும் வேட்டை சார்ந்த உலகின் மிகச்சிறந்தபெண்எழுத்தாளர்களாகக் கருதப்படும் அமா அடா ஐடூ மற்றும் பெஸீஹெட்டின ்சிறுகதைகள ்என்னால்தமிழில்மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்ட ுஇந்தத ்தொகுப்பில்உள்ளடக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன.வருடக்கணக்காகஆபிரிக்கா எதிர்கொள்ள வேண்டியிருக்கும் கோடையையும், விவசாயம் மற்றும் வேட்டை சார்ந்த குடும்ப நடைமுறைகளையும், கொடும் வறுமையிலும் கௌரவமாகவாழமுற்படும்பெண்களத ுநிலைப்பாட்டையும்,தாய்மைக்க ுஉரியமுக்கியத்துவத்தையும், அந்நியர்களது ஆக்கிரமிப்பினால் அப்பாவிப் பெண்கள் எவ்வாறு தமத ுஉடலைவிற்கும ்விலைமாதுக்கள்ஆகிறார்கள ்என்பதையும ்இந்தத்தொகுப்பிலுள்ள சிறுகதைகள் விவரிக்கின்றன.பெஸீ ஹெட்டும், அமா அடாஐடூவும ்அவர்கள ்எழுதியுள்ள சிறுகதைகளில ்பெண்களை மிகுந்தகௌரவத்துக்குரியவர்களாக,யதார்த்தமாக எழுதியிருப்பதைக் காணலாம். அவையே இன்றளவும் அவர்களை சர்வதேசம் முழுவதும் நேசிக்கவைத்திருக்கின்றன.குடும்பநடைமுறைகளையும்,கொடும்வறுமையிலும் கௌரவமாக வாழ முற்படும ்பெண்களதுநிலைப்பாட்டையும்,தாய்மைக்குஉரியமுக்கியத்துவத்தையும்,அந்நியர்களதுஆக்கிரமிப்பினால்அப்பாவிப்பெண்கள் எவ்வாறு தமது உடலை விற்கும் விலைமாதுக்கள்ஆகிறார்கள்என்பதையும்இந்தத் தொகுப்பிலுள்ள சிறுகதைகள்விவரிக்கின்றன.பெஸீ ஹெட்டும்,அமாஅடாஐடூவும்அவர்கள ்எழுதியுள்ள சிறுகதைகளில ்பெண்களைமிகுந்த கௌரவத்துக்குரியவர்களாக,

Vores søster Killjoy er en kras-humoristisk undersøgelse af forholdet og de fortsatte konflikter mellem Afrika og Europa, mellem sort og hvid, og mellem mand og kvinde. Med vid og bid stiller forfatteren skarpt på såvel vestligt hykleri, som afrikansk selvfornægtelse, og tegner et portræt af to kontinenter, som endnu ikke ved, hvordan de skal forsone deres fælles fortid. Det er en roman, som på én gang er blid og forbitret, nøgtern og poetisk, uforstående og klarsynet.