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=__**Ghanaian Literature**__= I picked one author who i thought was interesting.

Aidoo's works of fiction particularly deal with the tension between Western and African cultural and world views or differences. Many of her main characters or protagonists are women who defy the stereotypical female roles during their time both in the Western and African world. She is also an accomplished poet and has written several children's books and. Her novel, //Changes//, won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. Aside from her literary career, Aidoo was appointed Minister of Education in 1982. She resigned after 18 months. She has also spent a great deal of time teaching and living abroad for months at a time. She has resided in America, Britain, Germany, and Zimbabwe. Currently she is a Visiting Professor in the Africana Studies Department at Brown University.
 * Christina Ama Aidoo**, better known as **Ama Ata Aidoo**, a ghanaian playwrite and author, was born in Saltpond, Ghana on March 23,1942. She grew up in a Fante(an ethnic group mainly gathered in the south-western coastal region of Ghana) home. During her teenagers year she attended Wesley Girl's High School then later in 1964 she enrolled in the University of Ghana. She recieved her bachelor of arts in english then later that year wrote her first play, //The Dilemma of a Ghost.// A year later the book was published by Longman//.//

Other works:
 * //Anowa// (a play based on a Ghanaian legend; (1970)
 * //No Sweetness Here: A Collection of Short Stories// (1970)
 * //Birds and Other Poems// (1988)
 * //The Girl Who Can and Other Stories// (1997)
 * //Our Sister Killjoy// (1977)
 * //Changes: A Love Story// (novel; 1991)
 * //The Dilemma of a Ghost// (1965)
 * //Someone Talking to Sometime// (a poetry collection)( 1986)
 * //An Angry Letter in January// (poems; 1992)
 * //The Eagle and the Chicken// (1986)

sources:

[|Ama Ata Aidoo - Her Story] on BBC World Service