Ama Ata Aidoo
| Dɔɔ bee pɔge bee dɔgebo | pɔge  |
|---|---|
| Dɔgebo paaloŋ | Ghana |
| Name in native language | Ama Ata Aidoo |
| Yo-ennaa bee yoporaa | Ama |
| Family name | Aidoo |
| Dɔgebo bebiri | 23 Maakye 1942 |
| Dɔgebo zie | Abeadzi Kyiakor |
| Kūū bebiri | 31 Mɛrnoɔre 2023 |
| Place of death | Accra |
| Manner of death | natural causes |
| Cause of death | disease |
| Native language | Fante |
| Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluu | Bɔrefɔ, Fante |
| Tonnoɔre | poet, novelist, playwright, Pɔleteesa |
| Field of work | poetry, drama, fiction literature |
| Employer | Brown University |
| Voaraa | Minister for Education |
| Zanne la | Wesley Girls' Senior High School, University of Ghana |
| Work location | Zimbabwe |
| Work period (start) | 1964 |
| Politikal paati mɛmba | Provisional National Defence Council |
| Award received | Commonwealth Writers' Prize |
| Personal pronoun | L484 |
Ama Ata Aidoo (23 Maakye 1942 – 31 Mɛnoɔre 2023) da e la Ghana sɛgesɛgerɛ, yelwiiri gɔbaa, dēɛbaŋ sɛgerɛ, pɔleteesa, ane ganzanna. O da e la gansɛgerɛ ko ganzanne Ghana poɔ a yi 1982 te tɔ 1983, Jerry Rawlings's PNDC administration eŋɛ. O dēɛbaŋ fɔrɔ, The Dilemma of a Ghost, da yi la gbaŋgbale 1965 poɔ, naŋ e ka Aidoo e African pɔge fɔrɔ deɛbaŋ gɔbaa naŋ yineŋ o toma gbaŋgbale. O naŋ e yelkããsɛgerɛ, o die a Commonwealth Writers' Prize 1992 poɔ ne a yelkããsɛgeraa Changes. 2000 poɔ, o da mɛɛ a Mbaasem Foundation Accra poɔ na zɛge ane teɛ African pɔge-sɛgereba toma.
Nyɔvore Piiluu
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Ba dɔge la Christina Ama Ata Aidoo 23 Maakye 1942 eŋɛ Abeadzi Kyiakor, naŋ peɛle Saltpond, a Central Irigyiŋ poɔ, Ghana. Yelpeɛre yiziiri mine a poɔ Megan Behrent, Brown University, ane Africa Who's Who) yeli ka ba da dɔge o la 31 Maakye. O taa la weɛle tɔ, Kwame Ata.
Ba guoli la Aidoo Fante royal yiri poɔ, Nana Yaw Fama bipɔge, Abeadzi Kyiakor naa, ane Maame Abasema.
Kūū
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Aidoo kpie 31 Mɛnoɔre 2023 Accra poɔ. Ba naŋ pugiro o ka o e la "sɛgesɛgerɛ naŋ ba taa tɔ, neɛ naŋ zɔɔrɔ korɔ pɔgeba, zɔɔrɔ korɔ Africans ane noba naŋ melmelɛ ka ba gaa nimitɔɔre donɛɛ zaa wa tuori", yidaandɔɔ Nana Akufo-Addo da moɔle ka ba na koŋ o la state poɔ, ne kuori yeltuuri naŋ na e a yi 13 Gyoonoɔre te tɔ 16 Gyoonoɔre, 13 Gyoonoɔre eŋɛ, o kuori da eɛ a state die dendɔreŋ, kyɛ ka ba da de o gaa ne o yiri Abeadze Kyiakor te dɛlle 15 Gyoonoɔre, ane bareka puoroo misa nyããzie koseɛraa 16 Gyoonoɔre o ūūmu.
Kyɔɔtaare ane emmo
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Aidoo nyɛ la kyɔɔtaare yaga, a poɔ onaŋ di a Mbari Club prize 1962 poɔ ko o selleŋmaa "No Sweetness Here", ane a 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize ko Best Book (Africa) ko o yelyagsɛgeraa Changes.
2012 poɔ, a volume Essays na eŋ Ama Ata Aidoo o yuomo 70 da yiee gbaŋgbale, Anne V. Adams la da e a maale eŋ, ne noba naŋ soŋ ka ba na la Atukwei Okai, Margaret Busby, Maryse Condé, Micere Mugo, Toyin Falola, Biodun Jeyifo, Kofi Anyidoho, Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Naana Banyiwa Horne, Nana Wilson-Tagoe, Carole Boyce Davies, Emmanuel Akyeampong, James Gibbs, Vincent O. Odamtten, Jane Bryce, Esi Sutherland-Addy, Femi Osofisan, Kwesi Yankah, Abena Busia, Yaba Badoe, Ivor Agyeman-Duah, Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Kinna Likimani, ane bamine.
Kaa iruu toma
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]The Dilemma of a Ghost (play), Accra: Longman, 1965. New York: Macmillan,
Anowa (play based on a Ghanaian legend), London: Longman, 1970. New York: Humanities Press, 1970.
No Sweetness Here: A Collection of Short Stories, London: Longman, 1970. New York: Doubleday.
Our Sister Killjoy: or Reflections from a Black-eyed Squint (novel), Longman, 1977.
Someone Talking to Sometime (poetry collection), Harare: College Press, 1986.
The Eagle and the Chickens and Other Stories (for children), Enugu: Tana Press, 1986.
Birds and Other Poems, Harare: College Press, 1987.
An Angry Letter in January (poems), Coventry: Dangaroo Press, 1992, ISSN 0106-5734
Changes: A Love Story (novel), London: The Women's Press, 1991. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1993.
The Girl Who Can and Other Stories, Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, ISBN 978-0435910136; Heinemann African Writers Series, 1997.
Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-0956240194.
O naŋ e maale enna
African Love Stories: An Anthology, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9547023-6-6.
O puori yɛlɛ
Kyɛlkyɛ
Zipeɛre yaga tere la 1942 ka o e o dɔgebo bebiri.