Make the reading of Ama Ata Aidoo’s books mandatory – Akofa Edjeani

Akofa Edjeani, a veteran Ghanaian actress and director, has called for the novels of the late Professor Ama Ata Aidoo and other African writers to be required reading in classrooms beginning in primary school.

She said that it is not necessary to study literature as an elective course in school or to be a member of a reading club before reading excellent works by African authors.

She said on 3FM Community Connect, hosted by Johnnie Hughes:

“I think that we should do more to keep her legacy and that of others like her. I think that we are not reading enough of her books. We should make it mandatory that our African writers, especially Ghanaian writers like Ama Ata Aidoo’s works are read from the primary level so that the lives of students will be enriched.”

Akofa Edjeani commented that the late Professor Ama Ata Aidoo wrote in plain language on topics that ordinary people could easily connect to hence the need to make her books mandatory.

Professor Ama Ata Aidoo, a prominent Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, and scholar, died on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at the age of 81, according to a statement signed by Family head Kwamena Essandoh Aidoo.

As a noted feminist, she portrayed and highlighted the plight of African women in her works such as The Dilemma of a Ghost, Our Sister Killjoy, and Changes in order to dispel the myth that women are oppressed.

Source: abtc.ng