Chai mama Africa

RIP to a great author and playwright. I can't forget "the dilemma of a ghost"

May the soul of the departed rest in peace

Burna boy used a snippet of her video in monster you made and as a literatti myself I'm gonna say Rip ma.

RIP, Strong woman. May you find peace.

Eyaaa...Rest well ma. Such a great writer.

fergie001:
Aidoo speaks on feminism during an interview with BBC Hardtalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_gJwy9yjrk

Pix: Ama Aidoo with Noviolet Bulawayo at Freedom Park in Lagos (Feb 2014)

Aidoo & Lola Shoneyin...

Rip great writer. But her grandfather could have been killed by colonialists rather than neocolonialists.

Awww..I loved her soo...she and Kagame

Sleep on.

Rip to the death

Very intelligent woman. She even differentiated between Europe and the western world. Na pesin wey dey think deeply dey talk like this. RIP madam. Africa lost a Gem.

Chimamanda can pick a thing or two from her intelligence and not die on the altar of PO politics and ethnic sentiments. Afterall they are in the same profession

There are names that are instantly recognisable to any studied Nigerian and this is one of them….particularly when the name rhymes and easily rolls of the tongue like Ama Ata Aidoo!

She has earned a place in the pantheon of departed great African literary icons like Flora Nwapa, Cyprian Ekwensi and Chinua Achebe!

Ama Ata Aidoo -- I remember reading her books in school.

May her soul rest in peace.

R I P ma.

She’s completed her time. Next.

Rip to an Erudite Writer,You left your mark on the sand of time,You would be remembered for the legacy you uphold.You are one of the literary giant Africa.Sleep on dear.

iwaeda:

Deep sorrow at 83, for my village, eba, fish and wine will flow.

Especially as her folks can afford it.

So sad, RIP

Ghana have some of the best world class writers in Africa!next to Kenya! if you are a fans of African literature, especially prose ,then you must have heard of Ayi Kwei Amah his novel about Ghana in the early 70s ,80s , titled the 'beautiful ones are not yet born' , still give me the chill!I swear if get indomie generation kind of brain ,you no go fit understand am well,that man na master of the to the English language

Rest in Peace Ma. Long live African Writers Series

dyera:
Aww

I read some of her novels back in junior secondary school.



Popularly known as 'Ababio chemistry'.

I remember when my teacher was challenging us and he told us about a legendary student that read Ababio chemistry from beginning to end four times.

As one of the top students in class I thought, if that guy could do it, then I should also be able to do it. I went and borrowed Ababio chemistry from my classmate with the purpose of reading it from beginning to end.

But even before I finished the first quarter of the textbook I could not continue, because I could not keep up with the countless chemical formulas and equation. They were just too many and it was impossible for me to memorize them.

When I eventually took up physics textbook and saw how I couldn't stop studying it, I came to the conclusion that I was more of a physicist.

I read Holderness and Lambert from beginning to end, three times.

I read the play, 'Dilemma of a Ghost', when I was in school. I cannot remember what it was all about. Another one I remember reading was 'Trials of Brother Jero'. I never really enjoyed it.

I thought it was the same author that wrote the beautiful ones are not yet born.


But where can one find African novels like these to download. Pls I need link.