Review: "A Corner, with My Desk and My Pen": The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo

Abstract

Early in Yaba Badoe's documentary, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo, the titular subject, Ghanaian writer, Ama Ata Aidoo states, "Once I became aware of myself, it occurred to me that, I should add to the world's store of stories." Ostensibly Badoe's film reveals the workings of the mind that created classic plays and novels such as Anowa and No Sweetness Here. Arranged with the accouterment that documentaries on noted scholars and artists normally contain, the critics and scholars present their arguments on the merits of Aidoo's works.

Publisher

Africa Resource Center

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies

Department

Africana Studies

Document Type

Review

Keywords

Writer, Literature

Language

English

Format

text

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