African Diaspora and Cultural Hybridity in the Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo

The return of the African diaspora to their motherland is scrutinized by theorists and critics such as Ama Ata Aidoo in The Dilemma of a Ghost. This article aims at analyzing the cultural malaise of the African been-to upon their motherland and their capacity for adaptation to the new African realities. From her standing perspective, the Ghanaian playwright stresses dominant regimes of the African diaspora, cultural hybridity and identity conflict, diaspora disillusionment and resolution. Within a postcolonial critical framework relying on Stuart Hall’s cultural identity and diaspora approach and Homi Bhabha’s approach of hybridity and mimicry which focus on the nature of postcolonial culture as a strength rather than a weakness.