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Ghanaian Writer, Ama Ata Aidoo

29/12/2014 GMT

Ghanaian Writer - Ama Ata Aidoo

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On opposing a 'western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch'

On being opposed to a 'western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch'

Acclaimed Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo has arguably done more than any other writer to depict and celebrate the condition of women in Africa, in books such as The Dilemma of a Ghost and Changes. 

She is opposed to what she has described as a 'western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch'. But when you look around the African continent today: girls abducted in Nigeria, polygamy re-introduced in Kenya, child marriages and the prevalence of gender-based violence, how much is there really to celebrate about being female in Africa?

Picture: Ama Ata Aidoo, Credit: BBC

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