Ayesha Harruna Attah

Ayesha Harruna Attah (dem born am December 1983) be Ghanaian-born fiction writer.Lee, A. C. (14 November 2013). "Young African Writers Hold Forth in Brooklyn". The New York Times.Patrick, Diane (6 December 2013). "African-American Books Around the World". Publishers Weekly. She dey stay Senegal.Ogle, Connie (3 March 2022). "For This Writer, Fiction Is a Science Experiment". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

 Ein early years den education 
Dem born Ayesha Harruna Attah for Accra, Ghana, insyd de 1980s, under military government, to mummie wey na be journalist den puppie wey na be graphic designer.Ayesha Harruna Attah, "Why I Write", Authors — World Editions, 30 September 2015. Archived 31 July 2016 Attah talk say: "My parents be my first major influences. Dem run literary magazine wey dem bell am Imagine, wey get stories about Accra; articles for art, science, film, books; cartoons—wey I love especially. Dem be (wey still be) my heroes. I discover Toni Morrison na wen I dey thirteen, wey I hook. I devour everytin she wrep. I dey kai say I read Paradise, wey ein meaning evade me then, e make me feel like na ebe de most amazing book dem wrep wey one day I want wrep world full of strong female characters, just lyk Ms. Morrison do."Musiitwa, Daniel (1 May 2015). "Interview with Ghanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah". Africa Book Club.

After she grow insyd Accra, she move go Massachusetts wey she study biochemistry for Mount Holyoke College,"Mount Holyoke Event Archive: 2008-2015". Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016. den she get ein Masters degree insyd magazine journalism for de Columbia University,"Alumni Bookshelf". Columbia Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. wey she receive MFA insyd creative writing for New York University.Ibrahim (1 April 2010). "Ayesha: Ghana's rising literary icon". CP Africa. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016."Ayesha Harruna Attah'". Pontas Agency. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

 Ein writing 
She publish five novels. She wrep ein debut book Harmattan Rain (2008) secof fellowship from Per Ankh Publishers — wey be under de mentorship of Ghanaian novelist Ayi Kwei Armah — den TrustAfrica,"Interview with Ghanaian Writer, Ayesha Harruna Attah". Geosi Reads. 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2023-12-28. wey dem shortlist am for de 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa Region).Ben (18 February 2010). "Shortlists for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize – Africa Region". Books Live. Ein second novel Saturday's Shadows, World Editions publish amJames, Anna (13 October 2014). "Visser of De Geus launches English language publisher". The Bookseller. insyd 2015,Attah, Ayesha (2015). Saturday's Shadows. World Editions. ISBN 978-94-6238-043-1. dem nominate am for de Kwani? Manuscript Project,"Kwani? Manuscript Project Shortlist". Kwani?. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2016. wey dem san publish am for Dutch (De Geus) insyd."English and Dutch Debut for New-York Based Ghanian Writer Ayesha H. Attah". Book Trade. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016. Ein third novel be The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019),Forbus, Jen (24 September 2018). "Maximum Shelf: The Hundred Wells of Salaga". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 5 July 2023. wey dey deal plus "relationships, desires den struggles insyd women dema lives for Ghana inyd de late 19th century during de scramble give Africa"."One Hundred Wells" page Archived 4 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Pontas Agency. She wrep The Deep Blue Between, novel give young adults. Den ein fifth novel, dem go release Zainab Takes New York insyd April 2022.Ibeh, Chukwuebuka (8 August 2022). "Ghanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah Sells Movie Rights for Her Rom-Com Novel Zainab Takes New York". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

As 2014 AIR Award laureate, na Attah be writer-in-residence for de Instituto Sacatar insyd Bahia, Brazil.Koinange, Wanjiru (11 September 2014). "Introducing the 2014 Artists in Residency Award Laureates". Africa Centre. She san so chop Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship insyd 2016 for proposed non-fiction book for de history of de kola nut."Morland Writing Scholarships for 2016". Miles Morland Foundation. 24 May 2017.

 Harmattan Rain (2008) 

 Saturday's Shadows (2015) 

 The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019) 

 The Deep Blue Between (2020) 

 Ein life matter 
Ayesha be de daughter of Alhaji Abdul Rahman Harruna Attah den Nana Yaa Agyeman. She sanso get sisto dem dey bell Rahma."Today in History: Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings loses sister". GhanaWeb. 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-11-15.

 Work 
Novels

 Harmattan Rain. Popenguine, Senegal, West Africa: Per Ankh, 2008. ISBN 9782911928123, OCLC 310739454
 Saturday's Shadows. London: World Editions, 2015. ISBN 9789462380431, OCLC 903399393
 The Hundred Wells of Salaga. New York: Other Press, 2019. ISBN 9781590519950, OCLC 1035458812
 The Deep Blue Between. London: Pushkin Press, 2020. ISBN 9781782692669
Essays

 "Skinny Mini", Ugly Duckling Diaries, July 2015Attah, Ayesha (July 2015). "Skinni Mini". Ugly Duckling Diaries. Archived from the original on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
 "The Intruder", The New York Times Magazine, September 2015Attah, Ayesha (September 4, 2015). "The Intruder". The New York Times Magazine.
 "Cheikh Anta Diop – An Awakening", Chimurenga, 9 April 2018Attah, Ayesha Harruna (9 April 2018). "Cheikh Anta Diop – An Awakening". Chimurenga.
 "Opinion: Slow-Cooking History", The New York Times, 10 November 2018Attah, Ayesha Harruna (10 November 2018). "Opinion: Slow-Cooking History". The New York Times.
 "Inside Ghana: A Tale of Love, Loss and Slavery", Newsweek, 21 February 2019Attah, Ayesha Harruna (21 February 2019). "Inside Ghana: A Tale of Love, Loss and Slavery". Newsweek.
Oda writing

 "Second Home, Plus Yacht", Yachting Magazine, October 2007Attah, Ayesha (3 October 2007). "Second Home, Plus Yacht". Yachting Magazine.
 "Incident on the way to the Bakoy Market", Asymptote Magazine, 2013Attah, Ayesha (2013). "Incident on the way to the Bakoy Market". Asymptote Magazine.
 "Unborn Children", in Margaret Busby, New Daughters of Africa, 2019.

 References 

 External links 
 Author's official website
 "Interview with Ghanaian Writer, Ayesha Harruna Attah", Geosi Reads, 11 March 2013.
 Ayesha Harruna Attah, "Skinny Mini" Archived 2020-02-11 Ugly Duckling Diaries, July 2015.
 "Meet the Author: Ayesha Harruna Attah", YouTube: The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation, 26 August 2021.
 "New Daughters of Africa Podcast - S01 E04 - Ayesha Harruna Attah". Panashe Chigumadzi in conversation with Ayesha Harruna Attah, 21 June 2022.

Category:1983 births
Category:Human
Category:Ghanaians
Category:Ghanaian novelists
Category:Mount Holyoke College alumni
Category:21st-century Ghanaian women writers
Category:21st-century Ghanaian writers
Category:21st-century novelists
Category:Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
Category:Dagomba people
Category:Ghanaian women novelists
Category:New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni
Category:New York University Institute of Fine Arts alumni
Category:Writers wey komot Accra