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@goodvibes90504 жыл бұрын
Who's here after her going viral🙋🏽♀️
@oralrohon87934 жыл бұрын
Lol me had to look her up....how I didn't know about this great queen smh
@goodvibes90504 жыл бұрын
@@oralrohon8793 ikr I learned so much about her
@goodvibes90504 жыл бұрын
@Monica Sanchez it's funny how it's from 1987
@m.mathis1144 жыл бұрын
Me.
@wiltuhoward81644 жыл бұрын
Good Vibes me
@takyidarko75334 жыл бұрын
The government of Ghana should honor this woman before her death.
@alvinmitchell14124 жыл бұрын
Ghana 🇬🇭 women not only Beautiful but all are smart too kudos to y’all
@austinomo83914 жыл бұрын
Yeah you are right but you knw we humans never honor any1 untill they dead SMH
@takyidarko75334 жыл бұрын
austin omo,who told you,have you forgotten that in every year the government honored distinguished senior citizens who have contributed immensely for the development of the country.
@resilience4lyfe3314 жыл бұрын
Takyi Darko when because I want to greet her.. I’d come just for that
@LGMI94 жыл бұрын
Ohhh my God,this woman is an asset to the African History...
@adwoaaffum44044 жыл бұрын
BB TV Beatrice she is just in love with her❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹
@nanakwame65324 жыл бұрын
You can never build your life by saying thanks every morning. Proud of you professor Ama Ata Aidoo
@demetriusbryson17064 жыл бұрын
She’s A Precious Treasure, I’m going to be a fan of her from here on out...I must purchase her books 📚 ASAP
@vibesbynae48604 жыл бұрын
Let’s hope the profits return to her family rightfully so in God’s grace 😭💕
@wangadlali94623 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan just by watching this....ive been on the internet.... reading about her 💥💥
@richfratello81814 жыл бұрын
One thing that stood out in this video for me is her belief. She resigned from the post of a minister of education in the Rowling's govt after eight months only because of her belief. Meaning, she's a woman of her word indeed. Most women wouldn't resign being the first female minister. But in her case she did resign after realizing that she wasn't going to change anything. Very very principled individual and I love it. I wished we had ten of hers, Africa would be somewhere by this century. Bravissima signora!!!
@adwoagyamfua10444 жыл бұрын
We are so proud of you Mummy🇬🇭❤️🔥✌🏾
@tasheikapatterson89004 жыл бұрын
Ama Ata Aidoo is phenomenal sending love from Jamaica
@orifi11214 жыл бұрын
Thankx for men like you who sit down dedicate their time so we can know our history, i notice it's only been 21 hours since this video uploaded.
@OralOfori4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for men like you who notice hard work and appreciate it. You are our motivation. Kindly share it...
@CetribeaBurundibwiza-tz5le4 жыл бұрын
How can we get her books??
@CetribeaBurundibwiza-tz5le4 жыл бұрын
@@OralOfori we need to find more of her interviews
@TheTempah124 жыл бұрын
Orifi never seen a better comment. You’re so right.
@tsehsybefkadu28894 жыл бұрын
Thank you brother to publish the full interview still it has meaning for all black peoples.
@abioladawd17074 жыл бұрын
Motherhood appreciates you❤👍👏
@monalisawm4 жыл бұрын
I've been watching this Amazing African legend she is soooo great. I thought what if she was the president of Ghana can you imagine that!!!! 🖤🌍👏🏾👏🏾🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇰🇪🇰🇪🇸🇳🇹🇿🇸🇸🇧🇼🇨🇩🌍🌍🌍🌍🖤🖤🖤
@sojournertrust77962 жыл бұрын
Amen to that. It started with the mindset of her wise father. Ama Ata Aidoo was wise before her age. In many ways she is a source of inspiration! Her explanation (21:20 - 24:35) of the Western World is powerful and without apologizing for choosing her words. And also the role that blacks in general have played afterwards or still do!!🤔🧐
@abdeenn34 жыл бұрын
I , as a foreigner from SE Asia, really respect Ama Ata Aidoo after listening to her extremely intelligent mind. Thank you so much Ama ! Africa needs more lady like you 🙏
@desiatheron38814 жыл бұрын
What an awesome woman! A hidden treasure!
@mayrayment85514 жыл бұрын
She is amazing, love her! Such a role model for black women .
@lifestyle234304 жыл бұрын
I love this woman
@emmanuelagbevey25384 жыл бұрын
Beautiful African queen..I like the way she speak and explain and expresse everything she's talking....Congratulations...proud of you..🥰👌😍❤
@bkobi344 жыл бұрын
I like the "Quote" very nice. If only a few AFRICAN WOMEN could ARISE LIKE MAAMA AMA.....AFRICANS LETS RISE UP🤝🏿🤝🏿🤝🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
@missbritt2884 жыл бұрын
Ghana had many powerful thinkers that had so many hopes which would lay the groundwork for pan africanism .... good people
@maryambrahim824 жыл бұрын
so true!
@hodgemoss4 жыл бұрын
Refreshing! A breath of fresh air.
@forcesoil6134 жыл бұрын
To sit in and witness (mama) is such a great blessing. 🌹
@anaafipriscilla4 жыл бұрын
Africa let's Wake up
@feman88164 жыл бұрын
anaafi priscilla THEY ARE WOKE & FLEEING TO EUROPE & AMERICA.
@godjewlz13814 жыл бұрын
Where can I purchase her books???? I seen her face and got goose bumps instantly!!!!! SHE’S MY SHERO, MY STRENGTH AND MY INSPIRATION 😘❤️❤️❤️❤️
@shikowambui65294 жыл бұрын
I met this woman at the Ghana trade fair center in 2004
@annabelle33074 жыл бұрын
I applaud her but especially her Father to see the precious support of encouragement. I wished my father would have done so I could’ve imagine who and what I could be if a lot of girls who need the support of their father. God bless her and bless her father.
@kofirey67524 жыл бұрын
Ama you are very wise well Akon spoken writer. "MUCH LOVE"
@anthonyotchere63464 жыл бұрын
An illustrious daughter of Africa who always stood for the liberation of Africa. Unfortunately our wicked, silly and sycophants leaders who are responsible for our predicaments. Ayeeko Obaatan pa.
@ruutz14 жыл бұрын
"The Dilemma of a Ghost?".🤗 In the June 4th revolutionary period with it's subsequent curfews, this book book became literally my first love and I was only a pre-teen. I read it soooo many times with such rapt attention that I would lose awareness of anything around me. When I saw her in person in 1982, it felt like I'd seen God. What an absolute LEGEND. Ah, Ogyakrom needs to honour Ama Ata Aidoo ASAP.
@Thuggerixixix2 жыл бұрын
Please tell me more of her book I need to read please
@peaceantwi654 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine her boldness .she is realy realy blessed.
@goldbonsu44484 жыл бұрын
Never knew so much about her but am so proud to know her now
@obenggyima12384 жыл бұрын
A great lady
@jadew91774 жыл бұрын
Shes seems like a great person to be around
@junemuch56504 жыл бұрын
🇬🇭 & 🇿🇼 I didn’t even know this!! Africa come on!!
@godjewlz13814 жыл бұрын
Mama Africa🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️
@blacknight51074 жыл бұрын
blessing from the caribbean
@trudy2274 жыл бұрын
I want to shake hands 🤚 , give her a big hug 🤗 and spend a good quality day with this amazing woman 👩 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾♥️❤️where is she?????
@OralOfori4 жыл бұрын
There's a link to a website for her in video description...
@yaafowaa41494 жыл бұрын
She's in Ghana
@isaacquaidoo30994 жыл бұрын
Ghana
@haibeim75824 жыл бұрын
She’s one the best . Love her.
@markl.mobley63654 жыл бұрын
Ata Aidoo 👉🌹A rose you are Ma'am. Thank you.
@patrickagyei65474 жыл бұрын
As a pan Africanist,my spirit is rekindled.Happy to be a Ghanaian.
@sophiezakaria4 жыл бұрын
Born 1942, and she still looks young and energetic
@oschaerosemary53924 жыл бұрын
Mama!!!! you are a power house
@m.c.13874 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful lesson! I must follow her!!
@tra.christie31464 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Mother. Respect Queen.
@salifsambare73794 жыл бұрын
Respect maman 👨💻
@muctarrwilliams77764 жыл бұрын
A well grounded woman with a sense of purpose on history and an acumen of smart Cultural civics about world issues. She shows the truth is a bitter pill to swallow its sad. Thats why I said blessed are the women they like God created a wonderful world of 7 billion beautiful people. God bless them all.
@chineduifeji97744 жыл бұрын
She is amazing
@Thestarte4 жыл бұрын
Africa used to have bunch of respectful youth but unfortunately everything changed with these westerners so called civilization...
@porshabank19974 жыл бұрын
This woman is 78 oh my god she don't age at all
@owinjeandrewmicheal89044 жыл бұрын
Porsha Bank. That is part of God given blessing on Many black African People. ....
@porshabank19974 жыл бұрын
@@owinjeandrewmicheal8904 true
@mekawoods51024 жыл бұрын
BLACK doesn't crack! 💯
@godjewlz13814 жыл бұрын
She’s a Gem 💎 INA REAL LIFE🙌🏾
@blessgoddess41864 жыл бұрын
That's that MELANIN POPPING.... WE ARE WONDERFUL MADE... NO OTHER RACE IS MADE LIKE US
@nanakboadu52064 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ama for let Ghana be one of the greatest country in the world.NanaBoadu NY USA thanks again
@lugardboy Жыл бұрын
Legend Focus: *Ama Ata Aidoo* Ama Ata Aidoo née *Christina Ama Aidoo* is a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and academic. She was born on March 23, 1942 in Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. She had a twin brother, *Kwame Ata.* She was raised in a Fante royal household, the daughter of *Nana Yaw Fama*, Chief of Abeadzi Kyiakor, and *Maame Abasema.* She grew up at a time of resurgent British neocolonialism that was taking place in her homeland. Her grandfather was murdered by *neocolonialists,* which brought her father's attention to the importance of *educating the children and families* of the village on the history and events of the era. This led him to open up the first school in their village and influenced *Ama Ata Aidoo* to attend Wesley Girls' High School, where she first decided she wanted to be a *writer.* *Ama Ata Aidoo* attended Wesley Girls' Senior High School in Cape Coast, from 1961 to 1964. After high school, she enrolled at the University of Ghana, Legon where she obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English and also wrote her first play, *"The Dilemma of a Ghost,"* in 1964. The play was published by Longman the following year, making *Ama Ata Aidoo* the first published African woman dramatist. *Ama* was appointed Minister of Education under the Provisional National Defence Council in 1982. She resigned after 18 months, realising that she would be unable to achieve her aim of *making education in Ghana freely accessible to all.* She has portrayed the role of African women in contemporary society. She has opined that the *idea of nationalism* has been deployed by recent leaders as a means of keeping people oppressed. She has criticized those *literate Africans* who profess to love their country but are seduced away by the benefits of the developed world. She believes in a *distinct African identity*, which she views from a female perspective. She worked in the United States, where she held a fellowship in *creative writing* at Stanford University, California. She also served as a *research fellow* at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, and as a *lecturer* in English at the University of Cape Coast, eventually rising there to the position of *professor.* She has also spent a great deal of time *teaching* and living abroad for months at a time. She has lived in the United States, Britain, Germany and Zimbabwe. In London in 1986, she delivered the Walter Rodney Visions of Africa lecture organised by the support group for Bogle-L'Ouverture publishing house. *Ama* taught various English courses at Hamilton College in Clinton New York, in the early mid-1990s. She is currently a visiting professor in the *Africana Studies Department* at Brown University. *Ama Ata Aidoo* was a patron of the Etisalat Prize for Literature (alongside Dele Olojede, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Margaret Busby, Sarah Ladipo Manyika and Zakes Mda), created in 2013 as a platform for *African writers* of debut books of fiction. She obtained a Fulbright Scholarship award in 1988 and Mbari press short story prize. She is the subject of a 2014 documentary film, *"The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo,"* made by Yaba Badoe. Aidoo's plays include *The Dilemma of a Ghost,* produced at Legon in 1964 (first published 1965) and Pittsburgh in 1988, and *Anowa,* published in 1971 and produced in London in 1991. Her works of fiction particularly deal with the tension between Western and African world views. Her first novel, *Our Sister Killjoy,* was published in 1977 and remains one of her most popular works. Many of Aidoo's other protagonists are also *women* who defy the stereotypical women's roles of their time, as in her play *Anowa.* Her novel *Changes* won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Africa). She is also an accomplished poet-her collection *"Someone Talking to Sometime"* won the Nelson Mandela Prize for Poetry in 1987 and has written several children's books. She contributed the piece *"To Be a Woman"* to the 1984 anthology "Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology," edited by Robin Morgan. Her story *"Two Sisters"* appears in the 1992 anthology Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby. In 2000 she founded the *Mbaasem Foundation,* a non-governmental organization based in Ghana with a mission "to support the development and sustainability of African women writers and their artistic output", which she runs together with her daughter *Kinna Likimani* and a board of management. *Ama Ata Aidoo* is the editor of the 2006 anthology *"African Love Stories."* In 2012, she launched "Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories", a compilation of short stories and another which is a collection of essays by renowned writers in Ghana, Africa and the African Diaspora. *Ama Ata Aidoo* has received several awards including the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (Africa) for her novel *Changes.* The *Aidoo-Snyder book prize,* awarded by the Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book published by a woman that prioritizes *African women's experiences*, is named in honour of Ama Ata Aidoo and of Margaret C. Snyder, who was the founding director of UNIFEM. Launched in March 2017, the *Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing* (Aidoo Centre), under the auspices of the Kojo Yankah School of Communications Studies at the African University College of Communications (AUCC) in Adabraka, Accra, was named in her honour-the first centre of its kind in West Africa, with *Nii Ayikwei Parkes* as its director. Selected Works of Ama Ata Aidoo: 📚 The Dilemma of a Ghost (play), Accra: Longman, 1965. New York: Macmillan, 1971. 📚 Anowa (a play based on a Ghanaian legend), London: Longman, 1970. New York: Humanities Press, 1970. 📚 No Sweetness Here: A Collection of Short Stories, Longman, 1970 📚 Our Sister Killjoy: Reflections from a Black-eyed Squint (novel), Longman, 1977 📚 Someone Talking to Sometime (a poetry collection), Harare: College Press, 1986. 📚 The Eagle and the Chickens and Other Stories (for children), Tana Press, 1986. 📚 Birds and Other Poems, Harare: College Press, 1987 📚 An Angry Letter in January (poems), Dangaroo Press, 1992 📚 Changes: a Love Story (novel), The Women's Press, 1991 📚 The Girl Who Can and Other Stories, Heinemann African Writers Series, 1997 📚 Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2012. As Editor: African Love Stories: An Anthology, African Love Stories: An Anthology, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2006.
@RuralmoneyOfficial4 жыл бұрын
Everything you are is us!
@brap29854 жыл бұрын
I feel like I can be a hero...thnx mama
@eeedrisable4 жыл бұрын
Powerful !!!!
@makepeace28504 жыл бұрын
Queen.
@merlbethel30304 жыл бұрын
Wow so many Achievements.. salute to you my African sister🙏🏿
@realtv80504 жыл бұрын
We need her book she was amazing
@tonderaithedogon4 жыл бұрын
Imagine being with a woman like this who is concerned about the right things not the trappings of capitalism.
@solitaircloud23194 жыл бұрын
I was blown away by that 1987 indepth interview.
@SJ-cv4jk4 жыл бұрын
I read her book in Jhs 3. Anowa.
@patndonjichivelachivela55842 жыл бұрын
God bless you Maman she is a great inspiration 🙏 ❤
@rv_thomas3 жыл бұрын
She is a very inspirant african woman❤️🔥✌🏾. I should purchase her books 📚 quickly ...
@earthychild5258Ай бұрын
21:24 I feel too cry when I listen to this voice, you can feel the pains in her heart hmmmmm
@FAFash-wo9yg3 жыл бұрын
Mind Blown by her wealth of knowledge! Wow! Thanks for sharing! I will definitely watch this again!
@Gatwirimutuma4 жыл бұрын
Jus from listening burna boys song monsters you made and 23 ...and Ama Aidoo is born on the 23rd of March.🇰🇪❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾
@teacherkaligodottonjige Жыл бұрын
I appreciate her work
@badouradavids51054 жыл бұрын
really i feel sick to my stomach to think of OPPRESSION. MAY ALLAH BLESS AFRICA
@rasinterpreter64804 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload
@OralOfori4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@rasinterpreter64804 жыл бұрын
Oral Ofori thank you for sharing 🙏🏾
@p.w.74934 жыл бұрын
Continue to be the BLESSING God has made you to be, sis!! God BLESS you for He has given you knowledge and has allowed you to share this knowledge to EDUCATE and HELP others!! The DNA of your ancestors run DEEP in your blood, hence you represent them as you have done!! Continue to drop them TRUTH BOMBS you have been dropping!! Stay STRONG!!!💕💯
@kevinthomas5224 жыл бұрын
She speaks incredible truth....obvious truth and hurtful truth....Yah bless her.
@enitanh27344 жыл бұрын
33 years later she is still right
@OralOfori4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this video...
@FreeBandz100Ms4 жыл бұрын
My grandma use to tell me stories too 🇬🇭
@nikejajijaji-balogun73314 жыл бұрын
Tripgee16 Music she is telling the truth
@FreeBandz100Ms4 жыл бұрын
nikejaji Jaji-Balogun yeah I know What I meant is that my African grandma use to tell me stories about how Britain colonised Ghana 🇬🇭
@xsqd5e7en304 жыл бұрын
There is nothing in the world that makes me more proud, than seeing a smart, strong African woman.
@stephenowususerbeh4 жыл бұрын
I love her. But I do think you should have given credit to the excerpts you in included in your documentary. Nice work
@adwoaaffum44044 жыл бұрын
Such a Gemstone
@babulbabul2994 жыл бұрын
Women are role models.
@Jorcap3 жыл бұрын
I feel like there are some people that are so close to earth, so close to nature and so close to god even. They inspire, warn & educate the others. She is one of them. My grandma (from Surinam) is also like her. Every time I see my grandma, I still learn. It means a lot to me
@TheZuluman74 жыл бұрын
Why i didn't know about her till now baffles me surprisingly she lived in Zimbabwe my home country at some stage.She is a pan African legend who deserve a special honor
@cheikantadiop4 жыл бұрын
My beautiful African sister. You articulate yourself with such ease.. I l love it.. and thank you for it.
@TheRJRabbit234 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t Oprah interview her on her Oprah show?
@solangeameck31004 жыл бұрын
Good question and to answer this we have to understand WHO AND WHAT Oprah really represents
@glownaturally24754 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@patrickagyei65474 жыл бұрын
Because Oprah don't think she is an African and she the cause of African downfall
@AngieR824 жыл бұрын
Mamie too busy boot-licking...😏
@vaughncunningham22914 жыл бұрын
Oprah wouldn’t interview this sista because she’s a black queen that stands up for Africa and it’s people and speaks the truth about how the whites exploits Africa taking all of its resources this sista speaks the truth remember....Oprah’s the same person that said she wished that she was white the only time this Demon is going to interview a black person it to bring them down for MASA!!!!!
@marcaroniandcheese6264 жыл бұрын
Only few could see
@black122124 жыл бұрын
Is this Queen still alive?
@OralOfori4 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@donnieosbourne4 жыл бұрын
It’s great to have full context
@fredotlogetswe30473 жыл бұрын
What a Queen
@kofirey6752 Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤ REST.IN.POWER ❤❤❤❤
@INATALEME4 жыл бұрын
I need someone to tell me how to get her book. Lots of thanks
@OralOfori4 жыл бұрын
Google it or check Amazon please
@AdjowaaGrace4 жыл бұрын
How can we make sure the money goes to her??
@smoothqueue90644 жыл бұрын
A president in the making.
@bismarkadu87994 жыл бұрын
Empress was never wrong . Ghanaian's are political ,we don't sit ,around we discuss .
@adwoaaffum44044 жыл бұрын
We forgot how powerful she was
@thadove77544 жыл бұрын
Is it that this Wombman is braver than our African men leaders? 😏 or they thinking about their stomach only? Hhmm. No wonder some of them still against Dr. Kwame nkuruma. They think the stomach Today OMF. So what we gonna do as Africa Youths? Is to rise up. hhhaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh. 😪😪😪 But I love ❤️ this Heroin.we need more of us Thank u for upload this video Nature bleezz u 🙏
@OralOfori4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing all over
@evelyninyang52494 жыл бұрын
Worthy of emulation. Mama Ama Ata Aidoo
@JT-wj9jr4 жыл бұрын
LET THE CHOIR HEAR THIS OBVIOUS TRUTH AND SAY AMEN IN THE REPLIES!!!!!
@benedictaewuraesimaison83084 жыл бұрын
Amenooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@benedictaewuraesimaison83084 жыл бұрын
🤝🏽🤝🏽🤝🏽🤝🏽🤝🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤❤❤❤❤
@kelvingood22693 жыл бұрын
Inspirational African queen
@lugardboy2 жыл бұрын
Prof Ama Ata Aidoo is a prolific writer Her selected works: The Dilemma of a Ghost (play), Accra: Longman, 1965. New York: Macmillan, 1971. Anowa (a play based on a Ghanaian legend), London: Longman, 1970. New York: Humanities Press, 1970. No Sweetness Here: A Collection of Short Stories, Longman, 1970. Our Sister Killjoy: or Reflections from a Black-eyed Squint (novel), Longman, 1977. Someone Talking to Sometime (a poetry collection), Harare: College Press, 1986. The Eagle and the Chickens and Other Stories (for children), Tana Press, 1986. Birds and Other Poems, Harare: College Press, 1987. An Angry Letter in January (poems), Dangaroo Press, 1992. Changes: a Love Story (novel), The Women's Press, 1991. The Girl Who Can and Other Stories, Heinemann African Writers Series, 1997. Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2012. As editorEdit African Love Stories: An Anthology, African Love Stories: An Anthology, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2006.
@OralOfori2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments, be encouraged to share the video as well please
@soursop19723 жыл бұрын
An African Treasure........i hope the ancestors grant her good health and a long life.
@tetupuorongoratai47262 жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan .bless you love
@OralOfori2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@antoinetteattipoe36854 жыл бұрын
Even before it was said that she attended Wesley Girls High School, I suspected it!!!!
@davekay95254 жыл бұрын
Oh mmai😂
@stunnerfitness32993 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@mohamedkanu40844 жыл бұрын
Good speech for we the Africans but how our leadership can take it seriously.
@Big_evidence2 жыл бұрын
Who is here after watching the short video on TikTok