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56 | Feminist Africa 20 Conflict Transformation, London and New York: Zed Books Moser, C. and Clark, F (ed.). 2001. Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence, London and New York: Zed Books Tickner, A. 1995. “Introducing Feminist Perspectives into Peace and World Security Courses” in Women’s Studies Quarterly: Rethinking Women’s Peace Studies Vol 23 No 3 and 4 UNDP. 1994. Human Development Report. New York: Oxford University Press. UN Women. 2010. Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations: Connections between presence and influence http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/ resources/03AWomenPeaceNeg.pdf accessed 4 September 2014
Feature article | 57 Ama Ata Aidoo’s Woman-Centred Pan- Africanism: A reading of selected works Delia Kumavie Introduction In the course of her writing career, Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo has explored the challenges, hopes and dreams of African women as intricately connected to Africa’s recent history, from the time of the continent’s encounter with Europe, the ensuing trade in humans, followed by colonialism and post-colonialism. From the earliest works to her most recent collection of short stories, Diplomatic Pounds and Other Stories, Aidoo’s oeuvre is a testament to her frank and direct exploration of African women’s experiences in an increasingly globalising world. This paper examines the pan-African perspective that informs Ama Ata Aidoo’s body of work. It situates the author’s work within the seemingly male-dominated pan-African discourse of the 1960s and beyond, by exploring her construction of a woman-centred pan-Africanism through the creation of strong female archetypes as well as her use of narratives that are both trans-national and trans-temporal. Further, it argues that Aidoo’s literary work constructs a pan-Africanism that privileges African women’s experiences. From her earliest writings, Aidoo’s ability to take on issues that were deemed “taboo” set her apart. She pioneered the excavation into Ghana’s past, present and future by examining the experiences of women like Anowa, Esi, Sissie and Cecille. Aidoo has attributed her fascination with Ghana’s unspoken past to her own early encounter with a troubling reminder of slavery: the Cape Coast Castle. In a conversation with Micere Githae Mugo, Aidoo, describing the emotions of her encounter with the slave castles of Cape Coast, says: “I think I was kind of traumatised and I couldn’t get the story out of my mind” (Mugo 2010: 34). It is plausible that this event in the life of the young Aidoo was to inform her engagement with the larger destiny and experience of Africans both on the continent and its diasporas.
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