Efua Dorkenoo
Efua Dorkenoo
Sex or gender | female |
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Country of citizenship | Ghana |
Date of birth | 6 Fankwa 1949 |
Place of birth | Cape Coast |
Date of death | 18 Ɔbɛsɛ 2014 |
Place of death | London |
Manner of death | natural causes |
Cause of death | cancer |
Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
Occupation | politician, writer, human rights activist |
Field of work | feminism |
Educated at | Wesley Girls' High School |
Award received | Officer of the Order of the British Empire, BBC 100 Women |
Efua Dorkenoo, OBE(Fankwa 6,1949-Ɔbɛsɛ 18,2014), a beberee frɛ no"Mama Efua",nna ɔyɛ Ghanaian-British dawurbɔnyi a wɔko tsia female genital mutilation (FGM) a ɔboa ma global movement bɔboa etwa dɛm ndzeyɛɛ no do