| LC control no. | n 50033582 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9379.9.A35 |
| Personal name heading | Aidoo, Ama Ata, 1942-2023 |
| Variant(s) | Aidoo, Christina Ama Ata, 1942-2023 |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Birth date | 1942-03-23 |
| Death date | 2023-05-31 |
| Place of birth | Ghana |
| Affiliation | University of Ghana Brown University University of Richmond Oberlin College Xavier University (New Orleans, La.) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Poets College teachers Dramatists Education ministers |
| Found in | Anowa, 1970. Changes, c1993: CIP t.p. (Ama Ata Aidoo) data sheet (b. 1942) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 18, 2014: (Aidoo, Ama Ata, born Christina Ama Aidoo; fiction writer, dramatist, poet; born 23 March 1942 in Abeadzi Kyiakor, Ghana; attended Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast and the University of Ghana at Legon; taught at universities in Kenya and Tanzania (1968-1969); coordinated the African Literature Programme at Cape Coast (1972-1982); briefly served as Ghana's minister of education (1982-1983) but found herself in conflict with Ghanaian political authorities and moved to Harare, Zimbabwe (1983); taught at several American universities, including Oberlin College, the University of Richmond, and Xavier University in New Orleans; visiting professor of Africana studies and literary arts at Brown University (2003 to 2010)) theconversation.com website viewed June 12, 2023 (Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31 May 2023 at the age of 81) <https://theconversation.com/ama-ata-aidoo-the-pioneering-writer-from-ghana-left-behind-a-string-of-feminist-classics-207123> |
| Associated language | eng |
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