He said he and the late Professor were young contemporaries at the University of Ghana as students and described her as \u201can outstanding writer, advocate for women\u2019s cause, the cause of Africans and the progressive people around the world\u201d.<\/p>\n
The renowned author died on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at age 83. Christina Ama Ata Aidoo was born on 23 March 1940 in Abeadzi Kyiakor, near Saltpond, in the Central Region of Ghana.<\/p>\n
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She was raised in a Fante royal household, the daughter of Nana Yaw Fama, chief of Abeadzi Kyiakor, and Maame Abasema. She grew up at a time of resurgent British neocolonialism that was taking place in her homeland.<\/p>\n
Her grandfather was murdered by neocolonialists, which brought her father\u2019s attention to the importance of educating the children and families of the village on the history and events of the era.<\/p>\n
This led him to open up the first school in their village and influenced Aidoo to attend Wesley Girls\u2019 High School, where she first decided she wanted to be a writer.<\/p>\n
Aidoo attended Wesley Girls\u2019 Senior High School in Cape Coast, from 1961 to 1964. After high school, she enrolled at the University of Ghana, Legon, where she obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English and also wrote her first play, The Dilemma of a Ghost, in 1964.<\/p>\n
The play was published by Longman the following year, making Aidoo the first published African woman dramatist. She had made a mark that can’t be raised.<\/p>\n