March is Women’s History Month, and in recognition of the progress made by some of Africa’s most formidable female figures, today we remember Hannah Kudjoe.
Thirty-eight years have passed since her death. She was one of the key contributors to the emancipation of Ghana. A leading figure in the Convention People’s Party, she was instrumental in foregrounding women’s issues in the newly independent Ghana, and was a close ally of its first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
She died on March 9, 1986, and is hailed today as a heroine who helped oust imperialism.
Peace and power to our sister.