Ama Ata Aidoo Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Ama Ata Aidoo Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Ama Ata Aidoo Facts

Full Name	Ama Ata Aidoo
Birthdate	March 23, 1940
Birth Place	Ghana
Age (in 2024)	84 Years Old
Zodiac	Aries
Occupation	Playwright

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Ama Ata Aidoo Age & Birthday

Ama Ata Aidoo is best known as Playwright who has born on March 23, 1940 in Ghana. Currently, Ama Ata Aidoo is 84 years, 7 months and 29 days old. Ama Ata Aidoo will celebrate 85th birthday on Sunday, 23rd of March 2025. Below the countdown to Ama Ata Aidoo upcoming birthday.

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Ama Ata Aidoo Biography

About

A twentieth-century Ghanaian author, she is known for her place in history as the first published African female dramatist. Also a fiction writer and poet, she received the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for her novel, Changes, and the Nelson Mandela Prize for her 1986 poetry collection, Someone Talking to Sometime.

Before Fame

She decided at age fifteen that she wanted to be a writer and accomplished this goal by attending Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast and The University of Ghana in Legon. She published her debut dramatic work, The Dilemma of a Ghost, in 1965.

Trivia

She was appointed Ghanaian Minister of Education in 1982 but resigned after eighteen months when she couldn't accomplish her goals.

Family Life

Her father was Chief Nana Yaw Fama, a Fante royal who influenced his daughter's writing career by founding the first school in their village of Saltpond, Ghana.

Associated With

She was born in Ghana, as was the Sixth President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame.

Top Asked Questions about Ama Ata Aidoo

How old is Ama Ata Aidoo in 2024?

Ama Ata Aidoo is 84 years old today.

When was Ama Ata Aidoo born?

Ama Ata Aidoo was born on March 23, 1940 in Ghana.

What is Ama Ata Aidoo zodiac sign?

Ama Ata Aidoo zodiac sign is Aries.

What was Ama Ata Aidoo best known for?

Ama Ata Aidoo was best known as Playwright.

Fun Facts about Ama Ata Aidoo's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Ama Ata Aidoo's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Ama Ata Aidoo was born on Saturday, 83^rd day / 12^th week of 1940
Ama Ata Aidoo has Aries zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Ama Ata Aidoo birthday is XXIII.III.MCMXL
Ama Ata Aidoo's birthstone is Aquamarine
Ama Ata Aidoo's birth flower is Daffodil that symbolize spring, rebirth, domestic happiness & love
Ama Ata Aidoo age in year is 84 years old
Ama Ata Aidoo age in month is 1015 months old
Ama Ata Aidoo age in day is 30924 days old
Ama Ata Aidoo age in hour is 742176 hours old
Ama Ata Aidoo age in minute is 44530560 minutes old
Ama Ata Aidoo age in second is 2671833600 seconds old
Next Ama Ata Aidoo birthday is on Sunday, March 23rd 2025
Ama Ata Aidoo age in next birthday (2025) is 85 years old
Learn more interesting facts about March 23, 1940 birthday

Historical Events on Ama Ata Aidoo Birthday (March 23)

Below are historical events that coincided with Ama Ata Aidoo's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1994	At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
1994	A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.
1994	Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75.
1996	Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
1999	Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2001	The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
2003	Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
2008	Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
2009	FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
2010	The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
2018	President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
2019	The Kazakh capital of Astana was renamed to Nur-Sultan.
2019	The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
2020	Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19.
2021	A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days.
1989	The birth of Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer
1990	The birth of Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver
1990	The birth of Robert Zickert, German footballer
1991	The birth of Linline Matauatu, Vanuatuan beach volleyball player
1991	The birth of Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
1992	The birth of Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
1992	The birth of Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
1993	The birth of Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player
1993	The birth of Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
1994	The birth of Nick Powell, English footballer
1995	The birth of Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
1995	The birth of Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
1995	The birth of Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
1996	The birth of Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver
1996	The birth of Joel Kiviranta, Finnish ice hockey player
2013	The death of Boris Berezovsky, Russian-born Soviet-British mathematician and businessman (b. 1946)
2013	The death of Onofre Corpuz, Filipino economist, historian, and academic (b. 1926)
2013	The death of Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
2013	The death of Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1919)
2014	The death of Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1963)
2014	The death of Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
2014	The death of Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)
2015	The death of Gian Vittorio Baldi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2015	The death of Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)
2015	The death of Bobby Lowther, American basketball player and lieutenant (b. 1923)
2015	The death of Lil' Chris, English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality (b. 1990)
2016	The death of Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1926)
2016	The death of Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)
2021	The death of George Segal, American actor (b. 1934)
2022	The death of Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovakian-born American diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (b. 1937)

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