Renowned Author Ama Atta Aidoo Passes on at Age 81.

 Former Education Minister and renowned author of ‘The Dilemma of a Ghost’ has passed on.

According to her family, the poet, playwright and academic born on March 23, 1942, died peacefully at home.

With a career spanning more than five decades, she has received international recognition as one of the most prominent African writers of the 20th and 21st centuries.