Ama Ata Aidoo

Ama Ata Aidoo (tʋʋmd 1943 n tãag yʋʋm 1943 n tãaga yʋʋm 1933) yaa Ghana seb-gʋlsda, seb-gʋndre, politik soab la karen-saamb sẽn yaa Ghana tẽnga taoor soaba.https://oxfordre.com/africanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277734-e-469 A yɩɩ Ghana karẽn-soaba yʋʋmd 1982 n tãag 1983 a Jerry Rawlings sẽn wa n dɩt PNDC wã taoor. A sẽn da gʋls a pipi rolã, a sẽn boond t'a "Gõosgã yel-beed" wã paama b rãmb yʋʋmd 1965 wã, n kɩt t'a Aidoo lebg Afrɩka pʋg-paalgã pipi sẽn paam n yiis a rolã.  A sẽn yaa seb-gʋlsda, a paama Commonwealth Writers' Prize yʋʋmd 1992 ne a noora Changes. Yʋʋmd 2000 wã, a lugla Mbaasem Fondation t'a na n sõng Afrɩka pʋg-sɩdbã tʋʋmde. 

 A viim singri 
A  Aidoo ra doga yʋʋmd 1942 tʋʋlg rasem 23 wã, Abeadzi Kyiakor, sẽn be Saltpond sẽn be Ganaa tẽnga pʋga. A ra boondame tɩ Christiana Ama Aidoo.  Sãnda ( sẽn tar n be Megan Behrent, Brown University, la Africa Who's Who) wilgame tɩ b dogla a Mart 31 wã. A ra tara biig a ye, a Kwame Ata.  

Aidoo ra yaa Fante rĩung roogẽ, a yaa Nana Yaw Fama, Abeadzi Kyiakor naab ne Maame Abasema bi-pugli.  A yaab-rãmbã kʋʋ ne neokolonialistbã,  sẽn kɩt tɩ a ba wã bãng tɩ yaa tɩlae tɩ b zãms tẽnga kambã la b zagsã nebã b sẽn da mi b sẽn maan to-to wã. Rẽ kɩtame t'a sɩng lekoll ning pipi sẽn be b tẽn-tẽngã pʋgẽ, la a kɩtame t' a Aidoo kẽng Wesley Girls Senior High School. 

 Zamsgo 
Yʋʋmd 1957 wã tɛka, a Aidoo kẽnga Wesley Girls Senior High School sẽn be Cape Coast wã. A sẽn wa n bas lekollã, a kẽnga Ghana Yuniõrgr sẽn be Legon yʋʋmd 1961 wã, n paam a Piigã sẽn yaa Arzãs sẽn yaa Englisã pʋgẽ la a gʋls a pipi piisã, a sẽn boond t'a "Ghana kɩɩm-kulg" yʋʋmd 1964 wã. A Longman yiis-a-la yʋʋmd ning sẽn pʋglã, n kɩt t'a Aidoo lebg Afrɩka pʋg-paalgã pipi sẽn yiis-a yɩɩr ning b sẽn gʋlsã.  

 Tuumd 
A Aidoo sẽn paam a diplôme wã poore, a paama kareng sẽn wilgd b sẽn tõe n gʋls bõn-naandsã Stanford University sẽn be California wã pʋgẽ n yaool n lebg n wa Gana yʋʋmd 1969 n zãms Ingliz buud-gomdã Ghana Yuniõrẽ. A yɩɩ Afirik zãmsgo lektor a yembr la a yaa Angletɛɛr lektor a ye Cape Coast Inivèsite wã, la a wa n lebga professor.

Aidoo paama a tʋʋmdã tʋʋmde, la a lebg n yaa karẽn-biis la karen-biis sull sull sull sull sẽn geta b mens yell yʋʋmd 1982 soabã pʋgẽ. A sẽn wa n na n maan yʋʋm 18 n yaool n bas a tʋʋmdã, a bãngame t'a pa na n tõog n tõog n maan a sẽn da rat n maan tɩ Ghana zãmsgã yɩ sõma ne nebã fãa ye. A wilga Afrɩka pagb sẽn segd n maan bũmb ninsã rũndã-rũndã. A yeelame tɩ yaa sẽn pa kaoos tɩ b zãg a Zeova Kaset rãmbã n kɩt tɩ b tõog n maan bũmb sẽn na yɩl tɩ b tõog nebã. A goma Afrɩka rãmb nins sẽn karemd la b karemdã yelle, b sẽn yet tɩ b nonga b tẽnga, la b sẽn paam n paam n paam b meng n paam b sẽn tõe n paam n dɩt b mensã. A ra tẽedame tɩ b yaa Afrɩka nebã sẽn yaa toor-toorã, la a ra getame tɩ yaa pag n get-a.  A ra tara tagsg sẽn yaa kãsenga ne Afrika nebã fãa sẽn get Afrɩka tẽns nins sẽn segd n zems taaba wɛɛngẽ, la a ra gomda Afrɩka nin-buiidã la b paoongã sẽn paam n paam n dɩt b mens yʋʋm kobse wã yelle. 

Yʋʋmd 1983 wã, a kolga Zimbabwe, n kẽng n tɩ zĩnd be. A kell n tʋma karengã wɛɛngẽ, a sẽn yaa karengã karen-saamb Zimbabwe karengã pʋgẽ, la a kell n gʋlsa. A sẽn da be Harare wã, a yiisda yɩɩl sebr yʋʋmd 1985 wã ( Someone Talking to Sometime), la a gʋlsa kom-bõoneg sebr sẽn boond tɩ A-goosgã ne piisã la kibar a taab ( children's book entitled The Eagle and the Chickens and Other Stories) yʋʋmd 1986. 

Yʋʋmd 1986 wã, a sẽn be  London, England, a kõ-a-la Walter Rodney Visions of Africa lekoll sẽn yaa Bogle-L'Ouverture sɛbã siglgã sẽn get bũmb ning sẽn be dũniyã zugã. 

A Aidoo paama Fulbright bĩng yʋʋmd 1988, a gʋlsa yʋʋmd 1989 Richmond, Virginia, Inivèsite wã pʋgẽ, la a zãmsame buud-gomd buud-gomdã buud-gomde a taab Hamilton College wã sẽn be Clinton New York wã yʋʋmd 1990 wã pĩnda.

Yʋʋmd 1991 wã, a ne a Jayne Cortez sẽn yaa Afro-Amerikand sẽn yaa zab-gʋlsdã sigla la b zĩnd sigla taab n sigla pagb sẽn gʋlsd Afrik (OWWA) siglgã. A OWWA taoor dãmb sʋka, yaa a J. E. Franklin, a Cheryll Y. Greene, a Rashidah Ismaili, a Louise Meriwether, a Maya Angelou, a Rosamond S. King, a Margaret Busby, a Gabrielle Civil, a Alexis De Veaux, a LaTasha N. Diggs, a Zetta Elliott, a Donette Francis, a Paula Giddings, a Renée Larrier, a Tess Onwueme, a Coumba Touré, a Maryse Condé, a Nancy Morejón, la a Sapphire. 

Yʋʋmd 2004 n tãag 2011, a Aidoo yɩɩ karen-bi-poak sẽn be  Brown University wã Afrika Zãmsgã sullẽ.

A yaa Ghana Sɛb-rãmb Kibar Kiis-rɩtbã Biigã taoor soaba yʋʋmd 2011 wã. 

Aidoo yaa Etisalat Prize for Literature (a sẽn da kõ-a ne a Dele Olojede, a Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, a Margaret Busby, a Sarah Ladipo Manyika, la a Zakes Mda) ning b sẽn naan naan naan naan kõ Afirik sɛba sẽn gʋlsd b pipi noobã. 

Yaa Yari Yari Ntoaso: B sẽn ket n sõsda, Afrɩka sɛba sõssg tigisg ning b sẽn maan Akra, Gana, yʋʋmd 2013 wã, Aidoo ra yaa gom-bi-kãseng taoor soaba, a Angela Davis ne neb a taab sʋka. 

 Sɛb-rãmba 
A  Aidoo yɩɩla yɩɩr a ye: "The Dilemma of a Ghost", sẽn yi Legon yʋʋmd 1964 wã (b sẽn yiis yʋʋmd 1965 wã) la Pittsburgh yʋʋmd 1988 wã. 

A sẽn maandã yaa b sẽn getd bũmb nins sẽn be dũniyã zug ne Afirik nebã sẽn get bũmb ninsã yelle. A pipi noora, a "Our Sister Killjoy" wã paama b rãmb yʋʋmd 1977 wã, la a ket n yaa a tʋʋm-kãsems sʋka. A yaa sẽn wilgd tɩ b pa mi a  LGBT in Africa sẽn dat tɩ b maan to-to wã ye.  A Aidoo sẽn get a Killjoy wã sẽn yaa a sẽn maand bũmb nins sẽn yaa a mengã sẽn pa rat n maan to-to wã, la a sẽn tall zood ne a sẽn yaa a soab ne a sẽn pa rat tɩ b maan to-toa wã, a wilgame tɩ yaa a sẽn pa mi a taabã n maand to-to. 

A Aidoo tʋʋm-naand wʋsg yaa pagb sẽn kɩɩs b wakatã pagb tʋʋm sẽn yaa wẽnga, wala a Anowa. A Noobã sẽn boond tɩ Changes: A Love Story wã paama yʋʋmd 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize sẽn yaa sebr sẽn yaa sõma n yɩɩd (Afrique). A yɩɩ yɩɩd yɩɩd me - a sẽn da gʋls a sebr ning sẽn boond tɩ Someone Talking to Sometime wã paama a Nelson Mandela Prize for Poetry yʋʋm 1987 wã - la a gʋlsa kom-bõoneg wʋsg. 

Aidoo maana tʋʋmd ning sẽn boond tɩ "To be a woman" n yiis yʋʋmd 1984 soabã saam-bi-poak ning sẽn boond t'a Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology wã pʋgẽ, a Robin Morgan sẽn sak n yiis a soabã. A kibarã sẽn yaa "Sõd-bi-poak a yiib" wã beẽ yʋʋmd 1992 wã sebr sẽn boond tɩ "Daughters of Africa", a Margaret Busby sẽn yidg-a wã pʋgẽ. 

Yʋʋmd 2000 soabã, Aidoo lugla Mbaasem Foundation, sẽn yaa goosneema sẽn pa tigim ne a sẽn be Gana, sẽn tar tʋʋm-kãseng n "beoog Afrɩka pʋg-sɩdbã la b tʋʋm-naandbã bɩɩsgo la b tallg pãnga", t'a naag ne a bi-pugl a Kinna Likimani la a taoor lʋɩtb sull. 

A Aidoo yaa Afrɩka nonglem kibarã (Ayebia, 2006) sebr sẽn yaa seb-gʋlsdb sẽn tar seb-gʋndb 21 sẽn tar a Chika Unigwe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Doreen Baingana, Nawal El Saadawi, Helen Oyeyemi, Leila Aboulela, Molara Ogundipe, Monica Arac de Nyeko, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Sefi Atta, Sindiwe Magona, la Véronique Tadjo.  Yʋʋmd 2012 wã, Aidoo yiisda kibarã gom-biis sẽn yaa Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories. 

 A kaalem 
Aidoo kiime yʋʋmd 2023 kiuug rasem 31 Accra.  A Nana Akufo-Addo sẽn pẽg-a t'a yaa "tʋʋmd gʋlsd sẽn yaa kãseng n kõ pagbã, Afrɩka nebã la nin-buiidã sẽn maand b sẽn tõe n tũ dũniyã gill zugã" wã, a wilgame tɩ b na n maana tẽnga yaoodã, ne waoogr sẽn zĩnd zʋʋl-n-soab rasem 13 n tãag zʋʋl n-soab kiuug rasem 16  Zʋʋl-nif rasem 13 daarã, a yaoodã maana tẽnga gãongo,  sẽn pʋg-a n gãe a yiri tẽnga pʋga, a Abeadze Kyiakor tẽnga, tʋʋl-nuga, tʋʋlg rasem 16 daarã. 

A Aidoo sẽn wa n be a kũumã yʋʋm a wãn pʋgẽ wã, a sẽn wa n wa n na n maan no-paal a ye wã, a Caine kũunã tigimsã sẽn kõ-a waoogrã wilgame tɩ a Aidoo ra maanda a no-paalg yʋʋm a wãn n yaool n ki. 

 A waoogd la Kuun 
Aidoo paama kũun wʋsg, sẽn tar n be a Mbari Club kũun sẽn paam yʋʋm 1962 wã a kibarã sẽn yaa "No Sweetness Here" wã yĩnga, la 1992 wã Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Africa) a sẽn paam a noobã Changes yĩnga.https://riull.ull.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/915/26471/Violetta%20Jojo%20Verge.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 

Yʋʋmd 2012 wã, Anne V. Adams n yiis sebr ning "Essays in honour of Ama Ata Aidoo at 70" sẽn yaa a Anne V. Adams n wilg tɩ b na n yɩɩ a Atukwei Okai, a Margaret Busby, a Maryse Condé, a Micere Mugo, a Toyin Falola, a Biodun Jeyifo, a Kofi Anyidoho, a Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, a Naane Banyiwa Horne, a Nana Wilson-Tagoe, a Carole Boyce Davies, a Emmanuel Akyeampong, a James Gibbs, a Vincent O. Odten, a Jane Bryce, a Sutherland-Addy, a Femi Osofisan, a Kwesi Yankah, a Esi Busia, a Yaba Badoe, a Ivor Agyeman-Duah, a Abena Okonjo Ogyemi, a Ngugi, a Waimn Ogyemi la a Kinna Likimani.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/essays-in-honour-of-ama-ata-aidoo-at-70-anne-v-adams/1110928034 

Aidoo yɩɩ filim sẽn boond tɩ The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo sẽn zĩnd yʋʋmd 2014 wã, sẽn yaa Yaba Badoe n naan maan-a. 

A Aidoo-Snyder sebrã kũun ning Afrɩka Zãmsgã Rɩkẽ wã pagb sẽn kõ-a sebr sẽn yaa kãseng sẽn yiisd pag sẽn ningd Afrɩka pagb vɩɩmã sor n yɩɩd bũmb ning a sẽn paamã, b pʋd-a-la a Ama Ata Aidoo la a Margaret C. Snyder, sẽn da yaa UNIFEM taoor soaba waoogr yĩnga.

Yʋʋmd 2016 wã, Aidoo yɩɩllã, The Dilemma of a Ghost la Anowa, b ra yãnda b sẽn na n maan Afrɩka drama wã kamb sẽn na n paam b lekollã Cambridge International Examinations. 

Yʋʋmd 2017 tʋʋlg kiuugã pʋgẽ, b yãka Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing (Aidoo Centre), sẽn be Kojo Yankah School of Communications Studies sẽn be Afrɩka Yuniõrbiis sẽn boond tɩ African University College of Communications (AUCC) sẽn be Adabraka, Accra wã pʋgẽ, tɩ b kõ-a yʋʋr a yʋʋr la a yʋʋr. Yaa Afirik Wɛtgã tẽn-sʋka pipi zĩiga, la Nii Ayikwei Parkes yaa a taoor soaba.http://www.ghananewsagency.org/social/ama-ata-aidoo-centre-for-creative-writing-inaugurated-114420 

 Tʋʋm nins sẽn yãk 

 The Dilemma of a Ghost (play), Accra: Longman, 1965. New York: Macmillan, 1971.
 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.
 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, ; Heinemann African Writers Series, 1997.
 Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2012, .

 Sɛb gula 

 African Love Stories: An Anthology, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2006.Her background

 Sɛbre 
Kibsa wʋsg wilgame tɩ yaa yʋʋmd 1942 la a dogl-yã.

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