Akua Asabea Ayisi

Akua Asabea Ayisi (3 April 1927 - 21 April 2010), was Ghana's first female journalist and former high court judge and a feminist. Akua Asabea Ayisi started her primary education at Presbyterian Primary in Mampong, later on enrolled in the Presbyterian Girls School in Osu, Accra. She then proceeded to the Government Secretarial School to further her education. In those days, it was not common for women to achieve that high level of education. On the contrary, her mother was an advocate of education for women.

Quotes

• The degree of a country’s revolutionary awareness may be measured by the political maturity of its women.
  • Akua Asabea Ayisi, Newnham College, March 1st, 2022