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	Jackie Asare A graduate of Howard University's School of Communications, Jackie O. Asare started her career at Columbia Records as a publicity coordinator and publicist. After several years at Columbia, she was offered a Manager of Publicity position at Priority Records, which led to another opportunity as Director of Publicity at Loud Records where she remained until the company merged with Sony Music. Read More>>
	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Africa's first woman president, Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - an Obaahemaa adoptee. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is a magnificent leader and an amazing woman. In January I attended her inauguration in Monrovia, where she delivered a moving and inspiring address that spoke directly to the women of Liberia, of Africa and of the world. Read More>>
	Nya Jade Nya Jade is the founder of NYA (Nurturing Young Africa) Foundation, who's vision is to support the welfare of African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other circumstances thereby restoring human dignity in the orphan generation of Africa. Read More>>
	Akosua Busia The daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, the ex-prime minister of the Republic of Ghana, Akosua is a princess of the royal family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti. She was educated at the University of Oxford, England. Read More>>
	Fathia Nkrumah It was a political union between Mediterranean-oriented North Africa and the rest of the continent, often pejoratively termed sub-Saharan or Black Africa. Yet Fathia Nkrumah's life story is a modern fable representative of a certain era. For fleeting moments in the late '50s and early '60s, it captured the public imagination throughout Africa. Read More>>
	Hawa Yakubu Africa a soon to be torchbearer and a doyen of Ghanaian politics was born. Tarkwa a medium size mining town in the western region of Ghana was proud to have accommodated the new born child in 1948, the year of great political awakens and consciousness towards independence. Read More>>
	Sophia Nelson Sophia Nelson was born in Accra, Ghana to a family of 7 children of which she is the youngest. Artist at heart, she appeared for the first time on stage at the age of 10 as soloist in her school choir. At the age of 14 she studied theatre and drama and participated in a lot of cultural activities organised by her school. Read More>>
	Estelle Akofio-Sowah Growing up, Estelle Akofio-Sowah never allowed her self perceive challenges she faced as having anything to do with the fact that she was a girl. She simply accepted them as a fact of live that everyone regardless their sex had to deal with. Read More>>
	Stella A. Attakpah Ms. Stella A. Attakpah our Obaahema of the month was awarded the distinction of Ambassador for Peace by The Inter religious and International Federation for World Peace (IIFWP ) in August 2003. Read More>>
	Alberta Sackey Honored by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as the Continent's Best Female Footballer of the Year, Ghana's Alberta Sackey has consistently played at the top level of the women's game. Read More>>
	Meri Nana Ama Danquah Performance artist and poet, Meri Nana Ama Danquah is a perfect role model who reminds us of the strength and resilience we posses as women to bounce back from adversity regardless of how deep and dark the trenches we fall into. Read More>>
	Grace Amey-Obeng Grace Amey-Obeng, has over the years distinguished herself as a one of the pioneers in the beauty and skin care industry – both in Ghana and on the international scene. Her concept of Customized Skin Revision has won her recognition and endorsement by International and local Skin Care Practitioners. Read More>>
	Angeline Ewurama Addy Angeline Addy is an emerging Contemporary Christian Artist and Songwriter. In her debut album “Don’t compromise your faith”, she sings poignantly of her love and devotion for God. Her compelling style of writing is unique in nature and eloquent in clarity. Her one of a kind vocal style cannot be compared to any other – it is great in texture and tranquil in delivery. Read More>>
	Emma Ekua Akyineba Morrison It is safe to say that Emma Ekua Akyineba Morrison, is one of the most confident and eloquent newsreaders on television in Ghana today. Born in Takoradi in June of 1968, this Obaahema who won the recognition as the best female TV presenter has over the years become a nationally distinguished media Icon. Read More>>
	Ruby Amanfu When this Obaahema was in high school, she was told that her voice was too fuzzy to sing. But that did nothing to stop singer and song writer Ruby Amanfu from getting where she is today. The 22 year old woman is a slap in the face of complacency, armed with an album's worth of crispy soulful tunes, a merry determination to make the world take notice, and a killer smile. Read More>>
	Genevieve Safakor Tettey Genevieve Safakor Tettey is a 27 year- old and the first Ghanaian and African woman underground miner at the Ashanti Goldfields Company at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Genevieve, tells obaahema that, the first day she stepped underground at AGC the people there thought she was just visiting the mines. Read More>>
	Doreen Andoh With a string of firsts making her career in the radio industry, Doreen Wilhelmina Ekua Andoh has emerged as the Obaahema of the airwaves in Ghana today.Consider her achievements: In June of 2001, Doreen was the first - and only Ghanaian woman to date - to receive the Best Presenter of the Year award for 2001. Read More>>
	Rhian Afua Benson It is not exactly the easiest thing for the everyday Ghanaian girl to make it on the international music scene; but that hasn’t stopped Rhian Benson from causing a sensation in the American music industry with her luscious voice and amazing talent for writing. Read More>>
	Ama Ata Aidoo To us she is a true Obaahema, treasured for her eloquence and bold self acceptance and has depicted in her works the role of the African woman in modern society. She has been an outspoken proponent for women's liberation in the national and international contexts and is an avid critic of the corruption and hypocrisy Read More>>
	Dzifa Amegashie IT'S not easy for a woman to break into the old boys' network, much less lead it. But here is an Obaahema who has broken through and is shaking things up with her own style and purpose. Read More>>
	Eva Lokko Our Obaahema of the month, Eva Lokko has never had any worries about playing on a man’s turf. Even when she was in primary school, Eva and other girl schoolmates used to take on their male contemporaries in football contests at her school. Today, several years after, she is still venturing into areas regarded as exclusively mannish. Read More>>
	Stella Dugan For someone like Stella Dugan who’s only hobby is singing, it doesn’t come as a surprise that has all her energies are geared towards her work as a professional musician. Read More>>

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