Ama Ata Aidoo, née Christina Ama Aidoo (an haife ta 23 Maris 1942) ita marubuciya ce, 'yar ƙasar Ghana kuma mai ilimi. Ta kasance Ministan Ilimi a karkashin gwamnatin Jerry Rawlings. A shekarar 2000, ta kafa gidauniyar Mbaasem don ingantawa da tallafawa aikin marubutan mata na Afirka. An haife Aidoo a ranar 23 Maris 1942 a Saltpond a yankin tsakiyar Ghana. Wasu kafofin da suka hada da Megan Behrent, Jami'ar Brown, da Africa Who's Who sun bayyana cewa an haife ta a ranar 31 Maris 1940. Tana da ɗan'uwan tagwaye, Kwame Ata. Ta girma a gidan sarauta na Fante, 'yar Nana Yaw Fama, shugaban Abeadzi Kyiakor, da Maame Abasema. Ta girma ne a lokacin sake tsarin mulkin mallaka na Birtaniyya wanda ke faruwa a mahaifarta. Neocolonialists suka kashe kakanta, wanda ya jawo hankalin mahaifinta kan mahimmancin ilmantar da yara da dangin kauyen kan tarihi da abubuwan da suka faru a zamanin. Wannan ya sa ya buɗe makarantar farko a ƙauyensu kuma ya rinjayi Aidoo don zuwa makarantar sakandaren Wesley, inda ta yanke shawarar farko cewa tana son zama marubuci.