SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Efua Dorkenoo

1949 - 2014

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Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice and worked internationally for more than 30 years to see the campaign "move from a problem lacking in recognition to a key issue for governments around the world." Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Efua Dorkenoo is the 299th most popular social activist (up from 508th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Ghana (up from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Ghanaian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 299 out of 840. Before her are Zhang Guotao, Mary Dyer, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Hector Hodler, Cassivellaunus, and Yuri Levitan. After her are Naziha al-Dulaimi, Harilal Gandhi, Catherine Breshkovsky, Lucio Urtubia, Louise Bryant, and Anna Hazare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 230. Before her are Rick Wakeman, Papa Wemba, Ottavia Piccolo, Lindsey Buckingham, Bernard Farcy, and George Dalaras. After her are Lois McMaster Bujold, James Michael Harvey, Nana Alexandria, Nadia Cassini, Jim Lea, and Leslie Easterbrook. Among people deceased in 2014, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 155. Before her are Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, José Policarpo, Viktor Tikhonov, Gerd Albrecht, Richard Bull, and Kumba Ialá. After her are Yitzhak Hofi, Dezső Novák, Jimmy Jones, Abdul Qadir, James Foley, and Tadeusz Różewicz.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 14 out of 162. Before her are Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), and Peter Mensah (1959). After her are Michael Essien (1982), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Peter Poreku Dery (1918), Clement Quartey (1938), Christian Atsu (1992), and Kofi Kingston (1981).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Ghana

Among social activists born in Ghana, Efua Dorkenoo ranks 1. After her are Felix Nartey (null).

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