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The Dilemma of a Ghost

Ama Ata Aidoo
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Region

West Africa

Ghana

Era

Post-colonial

Language

English

Genre

Drama

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Ghana's first published play by an African woman. An African American woman marries a Ghanaian and returns with him to Africa, where she is caught between two worlds, belonging fully to neither.

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Pioneering African feminist drama; one of the earliest examinations of the African diaspora's return to the continent

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Ghana's first published play by an African woman. An African American woman marries a Ghanaian and returns with him to Africa, where she is caught between two worlds, belonging fully to neither. Pioneering African feminist drama; one of the earliest examinations of the African diaspora's return to the continent

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