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Quotes from Our Sister Killjoy — Ama Ata Aidoo

1942–2023 Ghana

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10 quotes

Feminism is not an ‘ism’ that belongs to women only, but a way of looking at the world.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

But what she also came to know was that someone somewhere would always see in any kind of difference, an excuse to be mean.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

In so many places in the world, there is an assumption that African women are the most oppressed. It is not true, we are not! At least not all.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

Guilt is born in the same hour with pleasure, like anything in this universe and its enemy.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

My regret is that we Ghanaian girls are not using the freedom we have inherited, and men are now moving in to colonise us.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

In a society like ours with so many adults literally having had no formal education, adult education should be dynamic so that it helps fill some of these gaps.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

Nobody could tell me writing was a man’s job.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

Sissie knew that she had to stop herself from crying. Why weep for them? In fact, stronger in her was the desire to ask somebody why the entire world has had to pay so much and is still paying so much for some folks' unhappiness.

Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ama Ata Aidoo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.