A Love Story and Our Sister Killjoy.
One of this author's plays is named for a woman who dreams of being covered with holes which pour out huge numbers of Africans into a boiling sea where they are attacked by lobsters. The protagonist of one of this author's novels gorges herself on plums before rebuffing an attempt at seduction by her companion Marija. This author wrote about a woman who drowns herself after her husband becomes rich trading slaves to Europeans in her play Anowa, and included short stories such as "Everything Counts" and "For Whom Things Did Not Change" in her collection No Sweetness Here. This author wrote a novel about Esi, who leaves her husband Oko after he commits marital rape and decides to marry Ali Kondey. She also wrote a prose poem subtitled "reflections from a black-eyed squint" about Sissie, who travels to Germany from her native Ghana. For 10 points, name this Ghanaian author of Changes: A Love Story and Our Sister Killjoy.
One of this author's plays is named for a woman who dreams of being covered with holes which pour out huge numbers of Africans into a boiling sea where they are attacked by lobsters.
Ama Ata Aidoo