Tag: Ama Ata Aidoo
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Ama Ata Aidoo: A Life Masterclass in Accra, Ghana
Ama Ata Aidoo was hosted for an event dubbed “A Life Masterclass” by NYU Accra on October 15, 2020. The evening also doubled up as a belated eightieth birthday celebration for Aidoo. Ama Ata Aidoo is no new name to anyone who follows African literature in the last four and a half decades. The Ghanaian…
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Ama Ata Aidoo to headline Mboka Festival 2019.
Ama Ata Aidoo is set to headline the Mboka Festival 2019. The festival, organised by Camp Africa, Global Hands and SABLE Publications and partners, Yaram Arts, Gambia Tourism Board and the National Council for Arts and Culture, will run in Banjul, The Gambia from January 5-28, 2019. Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof which makes…
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CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2018 shortlist announced.
The CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2018 shortlist was announced on August 2, 2018. The five in the running for the prize are Vera Akumiah, Kinyanjui Kombani, Ruby Yayra Goka, Elizabeth-Irene Baitie, and Hiwot Walelign. The CODE Burt Award is a literary award and readership initiative that recognizes excellence in locally authored…
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The Ake Arts & Book Festival 2017 opening ceremony
The Ake Festival 2017 kicked off with an opening ceremony to remember. Thursday November 16, 2017 was a special day as it started with the ultimate nod from Western civilisation as ‘father of modern African literature” Chinua Achebe was featured as a Google dongle. The google dongle for those who don’t use the ubiquitous US…
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Pa Gya! A Literary Festival In Accra for October 2017
The Pa Gya! Literary Festival is set to happen at the Goethe Institut in Accra, Ghana from October 20-22, 2017. It’s been a busy time in the Ghana literary scene in recent times with many things happening from festivals like the Ghana International Book Fair and the Nkabom Literary Festival as well as the Ghana…
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Ama Ata Aidoo for Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017
The Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017 will take place at the Arts and Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta on November 14-18, 2017. This year’s theme is “This F-Word” and conversations will focus largely on creative women doing amazing things both on the African continent and beyond. Time really flies when you are having fun. It…
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African authors live it up at 8th Pan African Congress in Ghana
The Pan African Congress (PAC) is a historic gathering of the Global African Family. The 1st PAC was designed as a forum through which people of African descent have articulated key agendas for the liberation of Africa and the assertion of the dignity of African personhood. It was first hosted in London in 1900 by…