Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues.
Ama Ata Aidoo was born¿in Abeadzi Kyiakor, in south central Ghana in 1942.¿She studied literature at the University of Ghana, won a fellowship to Stanford University, and subsequently accepted visiting professorships in the United States and Africa.¿Her poetry collections include¿Birds and Other Poems, Someone Talking to Sometime, and An Angry Letter in January and Other Poems. Helen Yitah¿is an associate professor of English¿at the University of Ghana. She is the founding director of the University of Ghana–Carnegie Writing Centre and¿author of Throwing Stones in Jest: Kasena Women's Proverbial Revolt.
