| LC control no. | n 50011310 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sutherland, Efua Theodora Morgue, 1924-1996 |
| Variant(s) | Morgue, Efua Theodora, 1924-1996 Sutherland, E. (Efua), 1924-1996 Sutherland, Efua, 1924-1996 Sutherland, Efua T., 1924-1996 Sutherland, Efua Theodora, 1924-1996 |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Associated place | Great Britain England |
| Birth date | 1924-06-27 |
| Death date | 1996-01-02 |
| Place of birth | Cape Coast (Ghana) |
| Place of death | Accra (Ghana) |
| Field of activity | Children's literature Education Drama |
| Affiliation | University of Ghana University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Dramatists Poets Theatrical producers and directors Broadcasters Publishers and publishing |
| Found in | Bell, W. E. The roadmakers, 1961. Her The voice in the forest, c1983: CIP t.p. (Efua Sutherland) The voice in the forest, 2006: t.p. (Efua T. Sutherland) 3rd prelim. p. (b. 1924 in Cape Coast, Ghana; worked in literature, education, drama; d. 1996) OCLC, June 12, 2008 (hdgs.: Sutherland, Efua; Sutherland, Efua T.; Sutherland, Efua Theodora; Sutherland, Efua Theodora Morgue, 1924-?; Sutherland, Efua T. (Efua Theodora); usage: E. Sutherland, Efua Sutherland, Efua T. Sutherland, Efua Theodora Sutherland, Efua Theodora Morgue Sutherland) Wikipedia, 2017-05-05: (Efua Theodora Sutherland; born Efua Theodora Morgue, 27 June 1924; died 2 January 1996, Accra; a female Ghanaian playwright, director, children's author, poet and dramatist; her best-known works include Foriwa (1962), Edufa (1967), and The Marriage of Anansewa (1975); she founded the Ghana Drama Studio, the Ghana Society of Writers, the Ghana Experimental Theatre, and a community project called the Kodzidan (Story House); as the earliest Ghanaian playwright-director and a popular broadcaster, she was an influential figure in the establishment of modern Ghanaian theatre, and helped to establish the study of African performance traditions at university level; she was also a pioneering publisher, establishing the company Afram Publications in the 1970s; she was an influential cultural advocate for children from the early 1950s until her death, and played a major role in developing educational curricula, literature, theatre and film for and about Ghanaian children; in 1954 she married Bill Sutherland, an African American and Pan-Africanist who had moved to Ghana) Conversations with African writers, 1981: pages 278-279 (Efua Sutherland; Efua Theodora Morgue Sutherland; education: Cambridge University (B.A.); School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; teacher; lecturer, University of Ghana) |
| Associated language | eng |
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