"She is fearless": Ama Ata Aidoo, renowned author and feminist has joined the ancestors

Ama Ata Aidoo, renowned author and feminist has joined the ancestors

...As a writer she is fearless. She’s a poet, short story writer, playwright, novelist and essayist. Her voice is humorous yet searing and she’s one of the first African writers to explore African women’s sexuality. I also admire Ama Ata Aidoo’s courage in tackling themes many African writers avoid: the impact of the slave trade on the relationship between Africa and its Diaspora – a thorny, sensitive theme that reminds us of the cataclysmic betrayal by African leaders of their people.

Ama Ata Aidoo is a writer with a difference: an artist prepared to dip her toes in the turbulent waters of ‘revolutionary’ change to serve her country as Minister of Education. The idea that creativity can be used as a force to lambast, expose and fight corruption and authoritarianism, as well as instigate change through action, is a form of creativity that is fascinating.

Yaba Badoe, director and co-producer of The Art of Ata Ama Aidoo (2014).

The documentary was directed and produced by Yaba Badoe and co-produced by Amina Mama.