Esi Sutherland-Addy, Efua Sutherland’s eldest daughter, is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Language, Literature and Drama, Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. She is also Associate Director of the Institute’s African Humanities Programme. The eldest daughter of Efua Sutherland, she brings fresh insights and academic verve to her mother’s legacy as a cultural activist. Sutherland-Addy has published widely and she is co-editor of Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel.