Celebrated Ghanaian author and playwright, Professor Ama Ata Aidoo, is dead.
She passed on at the age of 81.
The family of the late writer announced her demise in a statement.
According to them, Professor Aidoo died following a short illness.
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“The Family of PROF. AMA ATA AIDOO, with deep sorrow but in the hope of the resurrection, informs the general public that our beloved relative and writer passed away in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday, 31st May 2023, after a short illness,” the family said in a statement.
Funeral arrangements for the deceased are yet to be announced.
Professor Ama Ata Aidoo is celebrated for her profound impact on generations of African women writers.
Known in private life as Christina Ama Ata Aidoo, she was born on March 23, 1942, in Abeadzi Kyiakor, near Saltpond, in Ghana’s Central Region.
