Adeline Akufo-Addo, late mother of current president of the republic of Ghana and wife of a former president of the republic of Ghana, Edward Akufo-Addo, would have celebrated her 104th birthday today. The late former first Lady was born on the 17th of December, 1917. She was a proud daughter of the nation as she supported her husband through his reign as president and also gave as our current president through her womb. Www.ghanacelebrations.com joins the rest of the country in remembering the exemplary life you lived. We pray for more of your type as our nation go through various stages of it’s development.
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Adeline Sylvia Eugenia 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 president Nana 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, 17 December 1917
Died
21 March 2004 (aged 86)
Spouse(s)
Edward Akufo-Addo
Children
4, including Nana Akufo-Addo
Parent(s)
Ofori Atta I
Agnes Akosua Dodua
Relatives:
William Ofori-Atta (brother)
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (brother)
Susan Ofori-Atta (sister)
Kwesi Amoako-Atta (brother)
Jones Ofori Atta (brother)
Alma mater: Achimota School
She died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on 21 March 2004, aged 86.
Personal life
Born to Nana Sir Ofori Atta I, Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa, and Agnes Akosua Dodua of Abomosu, 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.
Her elder sister was Susan Ofori-Atta, the first female doctor from the Gold Coast. Adeline Akufo-Addo’s older brother was William Ofori-Atta, the Gold Coast politician and lawyer, former foreign minister and one of the founding leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) as well as a member of “The Big Six”, the group of political activists detained by the British colonial government after the 1948 Accra riots, kicking off the struggle for the attainment of Ghana’s independence in 1957. Her other brother was Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, a Minister for Local Government in the Convention People’s Party (CPP) government of Kwame Nkrumah and later Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.
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