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Your books were a joy to read – Social media users mourn Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo

May 31, 2023
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Prof Ama Ata Aidoo

There was ‘No Sweetness Here’ in the early hours of Wednesday, May 31 as Ghanaians woke up to the sad news of the death of former Education Minister and renowned author Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo.

The death of the academic, poet and playwright was announced by the family in a press statement on Wednesday.

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She died aged 81.

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According to the family, Prof Ama Ata Aidoo born March 23, 1942, died peacefully at home after a short illness.

The family head, Kwamena Essandoh Aidoo said, “Funeral arrangements would be announced in due course.”

The family requests of the general public privacy in its difficult moments of grief.

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Lovers of the academic are slumped in deep dejection following the news and expressed their condolence to the family.

Read some of the tributes:

Ama Atta Aidoo passed away this morning? ? May her soul Rest In Peace. She was an inspiration, made young people fall in love with books and her legacy will forever live on❤️

— Jaynhi Allen? (@jaynhiJ) May 31, 2023

What a loss for African storytelling but what a life lived and what a legacy of stories and adventures for future generations to enjoy. Ama Ata Aidoo was my introduction to literature in the realest sense. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/mVnWBUuSyS

— Vera Kwakofi (@verakwakofi) May 31, 2023

An icon of storytelling in this country. Changes(the novel) meant more to me than many other books written by Ghanaian authors.
Rest in peace, my legend. Ama Ata Aidoo. pic.twitter.com/v4p8NZINwT

— Yaw (@theyawofosu) May 31, 2023

You constantly shook us to remind us of what colonialism did to us & what it continued legacies today on Black people. You wrote, you spoke, you fought. May your lessons never be lost on us PROF. AMA ATA AIDOO. Rest in power ✊??
My heartfelt condolences to you @kinnareads ? pic.twitter.com/4BTThDg3RU

— Rosebell Kagumire (@RosebellK) May 31, 2023

Unfortunately, the greatest of people must die too. Rest in Peace Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo and condolences to her family. A real icon! pic.twitter.com/sXruUQOUCC

— ??? ?. ?????? ?? (@NatGTetteh) May 31, 2023

✍️In this article I wrote back in August 2020, I asked what an African literary giant like Ama Ata Aidoo has in common with Nigerian afrobeat artiste, @BurnaBoy.

The answer was Twice As Tall.

Rest in Peace, Legend! ?️https://t.co/mcQO3bxA2U

— Kenneth Awotwe Darko (@TheKennethDarko) May 31, 2023

You spoke truth to power, for the marginalised, the oppressed, the unrepresented, and for the voiceless, Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo. Rest easy on God’s lap? pic.twitter.com/lsk1ITnqrq

— Lexis (@niilexis) May 31, 2023

Ama Ata Aidoo is a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and academic. With a career spanning more than five decades, she has received international recognition as one of the most prominent African writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. We have a lost a gem. Rest in Peace pic.twitter.com/d1MRApY8cj

— GREFFIX??? (@DuahGreffix) May 31, 2023

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