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KNOW YOUR AUTHORS: OCTAVIA BUTLER
BY RAYNA REID RAYFORD
On this International Women's Day, the Ama Ata AIdoo Centre for Creative Writing sautes Octavia Estelle Butler. the greatest writer that...
20 African authors you should know
There's a whole host of authors from Africa who are making a splash on the international stage. These are a few.
Maaza Mengiste's novel The...
AAA Centre for Creative Writing
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro
Nana S. Achampong
Mar. 12, 2012
valentine's day? some coital travesty, valentine.
that senseless season to sell passes with design
tortures my frail senses like yesterday's menses
in my...
Adabraka: Stories from the Centre of the World [2018]
In February 2018, the #AidooCentre made a nationwide call for submissions of short stories for its pilot anthology Adabraka: Stories from the Centre of the...
Acculturation and Language Acquisition
Acculturation and Language Acquisition: A Look at Schumann's Acculturation Model
By Jacob Chizzo, Islamic Saudi Academy, Alexandria, Virginia. Submitted June 30, 2002
Abstract
This is a brief overview of the...
Know Your Authors: Ama Ata Aidoo
Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo is one of Africa’s foremost woman writers. She’s a feminist, poet, academic, playwright and novelist with many notable works under...
Thoughts on contemporary African Literary criticism
By Tony E. Afejuku, The Guardian, Nigeria
19 February 2017: What is the correct state of contemporary African Literary criticism? This is certainly not a simple...
‘Ntama Kasa’ Photo Exhibition by Henry Obimpeh at AUCC
Today Friday November 16, an exhibition of mixed media opens at the Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing at AUCC, Adabraka. The 12...
A Review of The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah
By Briana McDonald
(New York: Other Press, 2019)
When asked about the inspirations for her characters, author of The Hundred Wells of Salaga, Ayesha Harruna Attah, shares...
A Thousand Words
By Kofi Konadu Berko
I loved pictures. I liked the clicks and the flashes with the poses and smiles. The flashes reminded me of lightening...