Efua Sutherland

Efua Sutherland (born 27 June 1924 – 2 January 1996) was a Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist. Quotes Crying the death day of another is crying your own death day. While we mourn for another, we mourn for ourselves. One’s death is the death of all mankind. Comfort! Comfort to us all, Comfort! https://www.myjoyonline.com/words-that-never-die-inspiring-words-from-efua-t-sutherland-in-edufa/#google_vignette Hasn't it always been so that humanity has demonstrated its need over and over again for the artist and artistic creation? It's indispensable. The image of the book is a self-image. You open a book and it is about you, not always about other people. https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-from-the-archive-efua-sutherland My purpose is to help develop the literature of my country.https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-from-the-archive-efua-sutherland Educationally, it is absolutely necessary to make an effort to give our children that kind of a book, because they have been fed another thing for too long, and it does do damage to one’s sense of one’s self. https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-from-the-archive-efua-sutherland External links Category:Women activists from Ghana