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Nana Amba Eyiaba is the Queen Mother of the Efutu and the Krontihene of the Oguaa Traditional Area in Ghana.[1] As well as her role as Queen Mother, she has also worked also a professor of English at Cape Coast University[2] and as the Deputy Regional Director of Education in Ghana.[3]

As a Queen Mother (or queenmother), her job is to serve as a role model, provide counsel and guidance, nominating regional chiefs and to keep the leaders in their areas in check.[4] Queen mothers have the authority to remove chiefs from their positions as well.[5] She also advises the Ghanaian news media on professional ethics.[6] Eyiaba explains that the tradition of Queen Mothers has existed for centuries from the area south of Ghana.[7]

Eyiaba has advised people under her jurisdiction to help girls be successful in school by not giving them too many chores and also to give chores to boys as well.[3] She also urges parents to enroll their children in school and to provide them with necessary school supplies.[8]


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References

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  1. ^ Gobah, Timothy (22 July 2015). "Don't Take Peaceful Environment for Granted - French Envoy Cautions". Graphic Online. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. ^ Tennison, Patricia (17 September 1995). "Ghana Village's Queen Talks On Role of Women". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Cane Them Into Line". Corpun. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. ^ Eyiaba, Nana Amba; Bra, Mamaga Kofi; Afrakoma, Nana Boatemaa (2006). "We Need Representation in the Houses of Chiefs" (PDF). Historical Insight. 1 (4). Historical Society of Ghana: 13. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Queen Mothers - Advocates for Change". West and Central Africa. UNICEF. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Ghana: Media Practitioners Urged to Be Ethical and Transparent". All Africa. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  7. ^ Mistiaen, Veronique (5 December 2015). "Meet the Queen Mothers: 10,000 Amazing Women Taking Back Power in Africa". Pan African Visions. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Enroll and Retain Children of School-Going Age in School-PAGE". Modern Ghana. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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