Susan Ofori-Atta

Susan Barbara Gyankorama Ofori-Atta also de Graft-Johnson, DRCOG, DRCPCH, FGA (1917 – July 1985) na ɔyɛ Ghananyi a Ɔyɛ datsernyi– Datsernyi basia a odzi kan wɔ  Gold Coast.[1][2][3][4][5] Na ɔyɛ Ghananyi basia a odzi kan first na nyia ɔtɔ do anan wɔ West African a onyaa abodzin nkrataa wɔ Suapɔn mu.[1][2][6] Ofori-Atta na ɔsan yɛ basia a ɔtɔ do ebiasa wɔ West African a ɔbɛyɛɛ eduryɛfo mu hwɛfo wɔ Nigeriafo Agnes Yewande Savage (1929) and Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi (1938) hɔ ekyir .[7][8][9][10] Wɔ 1933, Sierra Leone  amanyenyi ɔkofo na nwomasua mu kankɔ mu nhyehyɛɛfo, Edna Elliot-Horton bɛyɛɛ basia a ɔtɔ ebien wɔ West African a otum wie suapɔn na dza odzii kan nyaa abodzin nkrataa wɔ liberal arts mu.[1] Wɔ mber mu no Ofori-Atta bɛyɛɛ eduryɛfo panyin wɔ Kumasi Hospital, na ekyir no, ɔbɛyɛɛ dwumadzi mu hwɛfo panyin wɔ Princess Louise Hospital ma mbasiafo.[1]Nyimpa a na onye ne bɔ Kor wɔ edwuma mu yɛ Matilda J. Clerk, Ghananyi basia a ɔtɔ do ebien na ɔtɔ do anan West Africa a ɔbɛyɛɛ  eduryɛfo panyin, ono nyaa ne nwomasua fri Achimota na Edinburgh.[1] Ofori-Atta University of Ghana bɛhyɛɛ n'enyimunyam dɛɛ Doctor of Science wɔ ne ndwuma a ɔyɛ ma mbofra a hɔn edziban dzi mu nnyɛ,

Na onyaa Royal Cross fri Pope John Paul II wɔ aber a ɔbɛ sera Ghana wɔ 1980, wɔ dɛ wo hu akwan a ɔma ayarehwɛ dwumadzi ahorow wɔ ne ayaresabea.[11] Oboa ma wɔ hyehyɛɛ Women's Society for Public Affairs dwumadzi  nna ɔka edwumakuw no ho wɔ Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.[12] Ndzɛmba a w'ayɛ na ɔyɛ nkuranhyɛ ahyɛnsiwdze ma mbasiafo a wɔpɛ dɛ wɔfa n'anamɔn no bi wɔ Ghana.[12]

Abrabɔ Ahyɛse na nwomasua

Ɔyɛ odehye tsitsir wɔ Ofori-Atta adehye fie mu, Susan Ofori-Atta wɔwoo no wɔ Kyebi, Gold Coast (ndɛ Ghana), wɔ 1917 maa Nana Sir Ofori Atta I, a ɔyɛ Okyenhene na Ohene a ɔtse eguado wɔ Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, na ne yer Nana Akosua Duodu.[12][13]

Susan Ofori-Atta nyaa ne nwomasua Ahyɛse fri St. Mary's Convent wɔ Elmina wɔ 1921 na ɔkɔɔ Achimota School wɔ 1929 wɔ ne ntoado nwomasua.[12] Ɔka esuafo a wɔnye hɔn hyɛɛ suukuu n'ase wɔ 1927 wɔ college no, na Ɔyɛɛ esuanyi panyin a odzi mbasiafo hɔn enyim wɔ mber a ɔrebowie suukuu na ɔkyerɛw Cambridge School nsɔhwɛ nkrataa.[12] Osua awo gye ho edwuma wɔ Korle-Bu Midwifery Training School, na owie wɔ afe 1935, na onyaa suukuu ntoado wɔ Scotland.[12] Owie ne Suapɔn nwomasua no , osuaa awo gye ho edwuma wɔ Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Otoado ne nwomasua do wɔ Edinburgh University Medical School, na hɔ na onyaa ne MBChB abodzin nkrataa  wɔ 1947.[12][3] Onyaa ne amanɔne nwomasua ho  mboa fri sika a n'egya odzefo dze maa no , Ofori Atta I, a owui wɔ afe 1943 wɔ aber a na ɔyɛ eduryɛho osuafo wɔ Edinburgh.[12]

Edwuma na adɔyɛ

Ofori-Atta hyɛɛ n'edwuma ase obi a ogye awo na osua adze bɛyɛɛ eduryɛfo a ɔhwɛ mbofra na hɔn yareba, na ɔmaa ɔbɛyɛɛ datsernyi basia a odzii kan baa Gold Coast (a ɔyɛ ndɛ Ghana).[12] Wɔ 1960, Otuu ne ho sii hɔ na ɔyɛɛ edwuma  wɔ Congolese hospital a na hɔn edwumayɛfo no Suar yie.[14] Wɔ ne mber a na ɔyɛ eduryɛfo panyin wɔ Princess Marie Louise Hospital, wɔtoo ne dzin "mbofra doctor" (children's doctor).[13]Ofri Princess Marie Louise Hospital na ɔdze no ho bɔɔ University of Ghana Medical School, na ɔdze Paediatrics Department nhyehyɛe too gua ansaana ɔrehyɛ n'ara ne edwuryɛ nhyehyɛɛ ama mbasiafo na mbofra wɔ n'ara n'ayaresabea, Accra Clinic.[12]Na odzi akotsen wɔ Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology (1949) na Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (1958).[3]

Na odzi ako ma mbasiafo na mbofra hɔn nsɛm ho a ndzɛmba a ɔma wɔ ko tsia Akan egyapadze amanbrɛ, ɔsera dɛ legislation bɛhwehwɛ nsɛm no mu na ɔdze tumi ama  right yernom/kun  na mbofra dɛɛ wobenya hɔn hokafor a w'efri mu na egya a owui wɔ aber a w'annyɛ nkrataa annto hɔ.[12] Ne mbɔdzenbɔ dze PNDC Intestate Succession Law bedzii dwuma wɔ 1985.[12]Na ɔka kuw wɔhyehyɛɛ Ghana amanbu mber a ɔtɔ do ebien ne mbrahyɛ akyerɛwsɛm ho wɔ of 1969 .[12]

University of Ghana bɔɔ n'abawdo wɔ 1974 na wɔ hyɛɛ no Doctor of Science wɔ ne ndwuma  nhwehwɛmu a ɔyɛɛ dze hwehwɛɛ mbofra hɔn edzidzi mu nsɛm ho  — "Kwashiorkor", dzin a ɔdze too gua wɔ ne nhwehwɛmu a w'abɛyɛ dzin a wiase nyinara dze dzi dwuma.[12][13] Na odzi akotsen wɔ Catholic Church wɔ Ghana, ne tsitsir Accra Diocese.[12] Na ɔyɛ Edwumakuw mu panyin ma Federation of Association of Catholic Medical Doctors na ɔka Ghana Catholic Doctors Association ho.[12]

Abrabɔ ahyɛse na ebusua

Ɔware E. V. C. de Graft-Johnson,mbranyimfo a ɔwɔ mbra edwuma mu wɔ Accra na ne nua nye Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson, Ɔmanpanyin n'abadzekyir wɔ Ghana fri 1979 dze kɔ 1981.[12][15][16] Wɔ 1960 mu no, E. V. C. de Graft Johnson gyina dze ko tsia mbra ho asɛm a na onnyi mbra fie Supreme Court.[17] Wɔyii kuw ahorow fri hɔ no kabi ma menka bi amanbu no fri hɔ wɔ afe 1969, E. V. C. de Graft-Johnson bɛyɛɛ  Kuw panyin na ɔkyerɛwfo  ma kuw a ndɛ oyɛ All People's Party.[18] Wɔ 1979, E.V.C. de Graft-Johnson na ɔyɛ eguamutrafo n'abadzekyir wɔ centre-left party, Social Democratic Front (SDF).[19]

Susan Ofori-Atta ne nua banyin panyin yɛ William Ofori-Atta, Gold Coast amanyenyi na mbra edwumayɛfo ,  nkane amanɔne edwumayɛfo panyin na obi a ɔka hɔn a wɔtsew United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) na ɔka "The Big Six" ho, amanyɔfo kuw a wɔ koo ma  British colonial aban kye hɔn guu mu wɔ 1948 Accra basabasa yɛ n'ekyir, na wɔ tum dze  yi ahokyir fri Ghana ma ahofadzi baa  Ghana wɔ 1957. Ne nua kor no a ɔyɛ Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, a Minister for Local Government wɔ Convention People's Party (CPP) aban ma Kwame Nkrumah na ekyir no ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔkasafo wɔ Ghana mbrahyɛ Bagua fie mu. Ne nua basia kakraba yɛ Adeline Akufo-Addo, Ewuraba a odzii kan wɔ Ghana wɔ Ghana mbrahyɛ amanbu ber a ɔtɔ do ebien.[20]

Ne wu na n'egyapadze

Susan Ofori-Atta wui wɔ July 1985 wɔ United Kingdom.[12] Wɔdzee efie bi a ɔwɔ suukuu a ɔkɔe too no,wɔ Achimota School.[21]

Nhwɛdo

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