GhanaWeekend.com has sighted an interview the late acclaimed Ghanaian author Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo granted that quaked the world.
The late celebrated writer,poet and former education Minister reiterated her staunch condemnation of racial abuse and injustice against Africans in the interview in 1987.
In the interview conducted by a French media outlet, Ama Ata passionately expressed her concerns regarding the ongoing exploitation of Africa by the Western world.
She drew attention to the valuable contributions made by Africans to the global economy through the exportation of resources such as cocoa, timber, gold, diamonds, and platinum.
Despite Africa’s significant role in supplying these commodities, Prof. Aidoo lamented the lack of fair and equitable compensation received by the continent.
“Since we met you, people, 500 years ago, now look at us. We’ve given everything, you are still taking. I mean where will the whole Western world be without, us, Africans? Our cocoa, timber, gold, diamond, platinum, etc. everything you have is us. I am not saying it, it’s a fact and in return for all these what have we got, nothing,” she told the journalist.
Born in real life as Christina Ama Aidoo on March 23, 1942, Ama Ata Aidoo died at the age of 81 on Wednesday, May 31,2023.
The death of the celebrated Ghanaian author was confirmed by her family in a press statement:
“The Family of Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo with deep sorrow but in the hope of the resurrection, informs the general public that our beloved relative and writer passed away in the early hours of this morning Wednesday 31st May 2023, after a short illness.
“Funeral arrangements would be announced in due course. The Family requests privacy at this difficult moment,” Family head Kwamena Essandoh Aidoo announced in a short statement.”
The late Ama Ata Aidoo was widely regarded as one of Africa’s leading literary figures and a prominent feminist voice within African literature.
Throughout her illustrious career, she consistently championed the cause of Africa and its people. She dedicated her literary work and activism to shedding light on the injustices faced by Africans, both on the continent and in the diaspora.
