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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Ayesha Harruna Attah I was always undecided about what I wanted to be. I flirted with medicine, architecture ... at one point I even wanted to become a detective! Writing …moreI was always undecided about what I wanted to be. I flirted with medicine, architecture ... at one point I even wanted to become a detective! Writing allows me to inhabit all these worlds that interest me. I can play doctor, architect, detective, and more as a writer. That to me, is the best thing about being a writer.(less)

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Who is your favorite writer and Why? Secondly politics features a lot in your novels why?

Ayesha Harruna Attah I have many favorite writers. It's hard to choose. I do find myself going back to Toni Morrison, Naguib Mahfouz, Mary Gaitskill, Doreen Baingana, Juno…moreI have many favorite writers. It's hard to choose. I do find myself going back to Toni Morrison, Naguib Mahfouz, Mary Gaitskill, Doreen Baingana, Junot Diaz a lot.... I could keep adding. The list is long!

I don't think I set out to intentionally write politics into my work--I actually don't like politics!--but having grown up in Ghana, and now living in Senegal, I realize a day doesn't go by when politics isn't featured in one's life. Just listen to the conversations around you. Whether it's about the lack of power or potholes in a road or strikes--it's all about politics.(less)

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	Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo, Ayesha Harruna Attah (Goodreads Author) (introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 1,863 ratings — published 1977 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hundred Wells of Salaga 3.71 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deep Blue Between 3.48 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby (Editor), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Patience Agbabi 4.24 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Accra Noir by Nana-Ama Danquah (Contributor), Ernest Kwame Nkrumah Addo (Contributor), Gbontwi Anyetei (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Hahaha!!!...I wish this veil of pretense could hide my habit of dodging quotes but dissapointingly,it doesn't,which is why,I know none yet.”
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“Finally, she understood her father’s disease. It was when the world lost all colour, taste and smell, and one realised the heaviness of one’s body, the uselessness of one’s life.”
― Ayesha Harruna Attah, The The Hundred Wells of Salaga

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“For some people, Africa is everything. And for other people Africa is nothing.”
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