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Ama Ata Aidoo

1942 - 2023

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Ama Ata Aidoo (23 March 1942 – 31 May 2023) was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, politician, and academic. She was Secretary for Education in Ghana from 1982 to 1983 under Jerry Rawlings's PNDC administration. Her first play, The Dilemma of a Ghost, was published in 1965, making Aidoo the first published female African dramatist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ama Ata Aidoo has received more than 398,367 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ama Ata Aidoo is the 5,744th most popular writer (down from 5,304th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Ghana and the 2nd most popular Ghanaian Writer.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ama Ata Aidoo ranks 5,744 out of 5,755. Before her are Gyrðir Elíasson, Tristan Taormino, Mary Lamb, Cynthia Ozick, Thomas Lodge, and Jerry Pournelle. After her are Sam Lake, Michelle Paver, Robert Cormier, George Farquhar, Andrew Sarris, and Sonja Åkesson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ama Ata Aidoo ranks 582. Before her are Donald E. Williams, Mario Savio, Lesley Turner Bowrey, Pedro Araya Toro, Dick Butkus, and Jan Halvarsson. After her are Salim Ahmed Salim, Kenas Aroi, Christine Darden, Harald Norpoth, Judy Sheindlin, and Nancy Richey. Among people deceased in 2023, Ama Ata Aidoo ranks 363. Before her are Sergio Gori, James Hartle, Charlie Dominici, Nigel Lawson, Tom Courtney, and Dick Butkus. After her are Barrett Strong, Stéphane Demol, Viktor Mamatov, Richard Moll, David Del Tredici, and Jean-Jacques Favier.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Ama Ata Aidoo ranks 31 out of 121. Before her are Gerald Asamoah (1978), Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Alphonso Davies (2000), and Akwasi Afrifa (1936). After her are Peter Poreku Dery (1918), Derek Boateng (1983), Felix Nartey (null), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913), and Ayi Kwei Armah (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Ghana

Among writers born in Ghana, Ama Ata Aidoo ranks 2. Before her are William Boyd (1952). After her are Ayi Kwei Armah (1939) and Kofi Awoonor (1935).

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