Aidoo, Ama Ata,   1942- <br/><br/>
After the ceremonies :   new and selected poems / 
Ama Ata Aidoo; edited and with a foreword by Helen Yitah. 
 - xii, 258 pages ;   23 cm. 
 - African poetry book series .
<br/><br/>  "Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spann ing three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, perso nal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. After the Cerem onies is arranged in three parts: new and uncollected poems, some of wh ich Aidoo calls "misplaced or downright lost"; selections from Aidoo's An Angry Letter in January and Other Poems; and selections from Someone Talking to Sometime. Although Aidoo is best known for her novels Chang es: A Love Story and Our Sister Killjoy, which are widely read in women 's literature courses, and her plays The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa, which are read and performed all over the world, her prowess as a poet shines in this collection"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780803296947 (softcover : alk. paper) 9781496201096 (epub) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016-038735 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Women-- Poetry.<br/> Feminism-- Poetry.<br/> POETRY / African.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/> Ghana-- Poetry.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>821