Aidoo, AA (English spelling) AidooAA

…However, the movement to redefine popular history, as Ngugi attempted in Imprisonment: A Prison Journal of a Writer (1981) and Ama attempted in Two Thousand Seasons (1973) and The Healers (1978), seeks to reexamine the historical roots of the stagnation of the current situation and calls for a fundamental transformation of the view of African history, and it is a bright sign that a new direction is already being opened up for African literature. In addition, there are female writers such as Efua Sutherland (1924- ), Grace Ogot (1930- ), Flora Nwapa (1931-93), Bessie Head (1937-86), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942- ), and Buchi Emecheta (1945- ), and the publication of children's literature has also become more popular. [Masaoki Miyamoto] …

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…だが，グギが《拘禁――一作家の獄中記》(1981)で，アーマが《二千の季節》(1973)，《療術師たち》(1978)で試みたような民衆史再定義の動きは，うっ屈した現状の歴史的根源をとらえ直し，これまでのアフリカ史観に根本的変換を迫るもので，アフリカ文学の新たな方向がすでに切り拓かれつつあるのは明るい兆しである。なお，女流作家としてサザランドEfua Sutherland(1924‐　)，オゴトGrace Ogot(1930‐　)，ヌワパFlora Nwapa(1931‐93)，ヘッドBessie Head(1937‐86)，アイドゥAma Ata Aidoo(1942‐　)，エメチェタBuchi Emecheta(1945‐　)らがいるほか，児童文学の出版も盛んになってきた。【宮本 正興】。…

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