African Writes Festival: An Audience with Ama Ata Aidoo - 12.07.14
Posted: Apr, 6th 2015
Africa Writes, The Royal African Society's annual literature and book festival in association with The British Library, returns for a third year. Taking place from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 July.
Join Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana’s leading author, poet, playwright, academic and former Minister of Education, for an in-depth conversation led by Wangui wa Goro, writer, critic and translator.
From Sissie in Our Sister Killjoy to Esi in Changes: A Love Story, Aidoo’s protagonists are women who make radical choices and defy traditional gender roles. Led in conversation by writer, translator and critic Wangui wa Goro, Aidoo reflects on her expansive literary career and discusses the main themes, which emerge from her works of fiction.
13 July 2014 at 2:30am -
13 July 2014 at 4:00am
The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB
Price: £8 | £6 | £5
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