After the Ceremonies by Ama Ata Aidoo, Helen Yitah - 9780803296947

After the CeremoniesNew and Selected Poems\nAuthor(s): Ama Ata Aidoo, Helen Yitah\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803296947, 978-0803296947\nSynopsis\nAma Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection addressthemes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social [url] the Ceremonies is arranged in three parts: new and uncollected poems, some of which Aidoo calls misplaced or downright lost; selections from Aidoos An Angry Letter in January and Other Poems; and selections from Someone Talking to Sometime.\n\n Although Aidoo is best known for her novels Changes: A Love Story and Our Sister Killjoy, which are widely read in womens literature courses, and her plays The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa, which are read and performed all over the world, her p.