Aidoo, Ama Ata (1940– )

Ghanaian dramatist and writer. She writes in English about the challenges of modern women in traditional African cultures. Dilemma of a Ghost (1965), her best-known play, deals with the difficulties of reconciling a Western education and African values and traditions. She has also written novels such as the semi-autobiographical Our Sister Killjoy (1977), and short stories, collected in No Sweetness Here (1970).

Other works include the poetry collections Talking to Sometime (1985) and Birds and Other Poems (1987), the children's short-story collection The Eagle and the Chickens (1986), and the novel Changes: A Love Story (1991).