Marija makes a sexual advance towards Sissie. Marija gives Sissie plums and other fruits from her garden, and they go on many walks with her young son Adolf. The next chapter, “The Plums,” details Sissie’s friendship with a young German housewife named Marija. The novel ends with Sissie, who is black, attracting attention and stares from children in the Frankfurt airport. The novel begins with a short chapter titled “Into a Bad Dream,” in which Sissie is awarded with a scholarship to travel to Germany and work as a volunteer in a pine tree nursery. In Our Sister Killjoy, a novel using a combination of prose and poetry, Ama Ata Aidoo tells the story of Sissie, the novel’s Ghanaian protagonist, as she travels among countries in Europe, such as Germany and England. NOK Publishers International Limited, 1979. Our Sister Killjoy, or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint. It reveals the complicity of Africans in the slaves trade, notes the cover-up in terms of silence.The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Aidoo, Ama Ata. combines the political and the personal and demonstrates the interconnectedness of race, gender, and economic oppressions. Hill-Lubin writes in her essay 'Ama Ata Aidoo and the African Diaspora: Things 'All Good Men and Women Try to Forget,' but I Will Not Let Them' (included in Emerging Perspectives on Ama Ata Aidoo, 1999), ' Anowa.

Most agree that it is thoroughly modern in the dilemmas it presents. Some believe Anowa is feminist, while others focus on the economic aspects.

Set in the 1870s, many critics believe that Anowa underscores the similarities between the slave trade occurring in the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then known) in that time period and the treatment of women in contemporary society. At the center of the play is the title character, Anowa, who finds her own husband and remains true to her own ideals, resulting in an unhappy marriage and conflict that leads to death. Aidoo gave such stories her own twist, incorporating a more complicated portrayal of gender and drawing parallels with contemporary Ghanaian history. Aidoo based the play on regional legends and folktales, some of which were about the 'disobedient daughter.' In such stories, a young woman refuses to marry a suitor, resulting in disaster. Anowa was first published in 1970 and had its British premiere in London in 1991 Aidoo had begun writing Anowa in the late 1960s. Anowa is the second, last, and most accomplished play written by Ghanaian playwright, poet, short story writer, and novelist Ama Ata Aidoo.

Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo