Adeline Akufo-Addo
Adeline Akufo-Addo | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Ghana | |
| In role 31 August 1970 – 13 January 1972 | |
| President | Edward Akufo-Addo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta |
| Died | 21 March 2004 (aged 86) |
| Spouse | Edward Akufo-Addo |
| Alma mater | Achimota School[1] |
Adeline Sylvia Eugeina Ama Yeboakua Akufo-Addo, née Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta (17 December 1917 – 21 March 2004) was a First Lady in the second republic of Ghana as the wife of Edward Akufo-Addo and mother of Ghanaian politician Nana Akufo-Addo.
She died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on 21 March 2004, aged 86.[2]
Personal life
Born to Nana Sir Ofori Atta I, Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa, and Agnes Akosua Dodua of Abomosu,[2] she was the Abontendomhene (the queen mother of the royal house of Ofori Panin Fie of Kyebi). As such, she was officially styled as Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta.[3][4][3]
Her elder sister was Susan Ofori-Atta, the first female doctor from the Gold Coast.[5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ Elegbede, Wale (24 April 2018). "Depleting rank of ex-first ladies, first mothers". New Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b "Nana Addo remembers mother". Ghana Web. 24 March 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ a b "Former First Lady Adeline Akufo-Addo laid to rest". Ghana Web. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Harold B. Martinson (2001). Ghana: The Dream of the 21st Century: Politics of J.B. Danquah, Busia and Kufuor Tradition. Norcento Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-9988-7767-6-3.
- ^ Adell Patton (1996). Physicians, Colonial Racism, and Diaspora in West Africa. University Press of Florida. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-0-8130-1432-6. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Richard Rathbone (1993). Murder and Politics in Colonial Ghana. Yale University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-300-05504-7. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Tetty, Charles (1985). "Medical Practitioners of African Descent in Colonial Ghana". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 18 (1): 139–144. doi:10.2307/217977. JSTOR 217977.
- ^ Nana Kwame Asamoa-Boateng, "Otumfuo Storms Ofori Panie Fie", Daily Guide, 9 August 2018.
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