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Jun 27, 1924 Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana Died on 02 Jan 1996 (aged 71)
Ghanaian writer
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About Efua Sutherland
- Efua Theodora Sutherland (27 June 1924 – 21 January 1996) was a Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist.
- Her works include Foriwa (1962), Edufa (1967), and The Marriage of Anansewa (1975).
- She founded the Ghana Drama Studio, the Ghana Society of Writers, the Ghana Experimental Theatre, and a community project called the Kodzidan (Story House).
- As the earliest Ghanaian playwright-director she was an influential figure in the development of modern Ghanaian theatre, and helped to introduce the study of African performance traditions at the university level.
- She was also a pioneering publisher, establishing the company Afram Publications in the 1970s.She was a cultural advocate for children from the early 1950s until her death, and played a role in developing educational curricula, literature, theatre and film for and about Ghanaian children.
- Her 1960 photo essay Playtime in Africa, co-authored with Willis E.
- Bell, highlighted the centrality of play in children's development and was followed in the 1980s by her leadership in the development of a model public children's parks system for the country.Sutherland's pan-Africanism was reflected in her support for its principles and her collaborations with African and African diaspora personalities in a range of disciplines, including interactions with Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Maya Angelou, W.
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- Du Bois and Shirley Graham Du Bois, Margaret Busby, Tom Feelings, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, Femi Osofisan, Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Es'kia Mphahlele, Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
- In the 1990s she was the inspiration behind the biennial Pan-African Festival of Theatre Arts (PANAFEST).Efua Sutherland died in Accra aged 71 in 1996.
