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Hannah Kudjoe
Hannah Esi Badu Kudjoe (née Hannah Dadson; December 1918 – 9 March 1986) was a prominent activist for Ghanaian independence in the 1940s and 1950s. She was one of the first high-profile female nationalists in the movement, and was the National Propaganda Secretary for the Convention People's Party. She was a political activist during the government of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. She was also an active philanthropist and worked to improve women's lives in Northern Ghana. . She was able to convince others to support and fight for independence. She helped Kwame Nkrumah in bringing people to join the CPP and support it. She once helped the Big Six when they were arrested by bringing people together to call for their release by the colonial government.
Born in Busua (near Dixcove), in the Ahanta District in the Western Region of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in December 1918 to Mr. and Mrs. John Peter Dadson of Busua, Kudjoe was the youngest of 10 children. She was one of the privileged few girls that went to school in an era where few girls went to school. She started her elementary education at Busua Methodist School and completed at Sekondi Methodist School. After finishing school, she became a popular dressmaker in Tarkwa, where she married J. C. Kudjoe. He was a manager of Abontiako gold mines near Tarkwa. The marriage did not last, and she began living with her brother, E. K. Dadson, a prominent United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) activist.
In June 1947, she had the chance of meeting Kwame Nkrumah, when he lounged in their house when he made a trip to Tarkwa. This happened shortly after he had returned to Ghana in 1947 from studying abroad in the United States and Britain for over a decade in order to take up the position of general secretary of the United Gold Coast Convention, a political party formed by George Paa Grant to fight against British colonialists and grant Ghana its independence. Kwame Nkrumah convinced her of the importance of women in politics.
She described how she met Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and inspired her entry into politics at an International Women's Day symposium at the Accra Community Centre on 8 March 1986:
Somewhere in June 1947, we received a charming gentleman, he was introduced to me by my brother as Kwame Nkrumah, General-Secretary of the UGCC. During the day, my brother went out with Nkrumah to address various meetings of the local UGCC branch in town... One day, as they came back and I was serving Kwame Nkrumah, he asked me why I have not been attending the UGCC meetings in town. I was amazed by his question and I honestly told him I thought politics was only men’s business. For the next twenty or so minutes, Kwame Nkrumah explained to me all they were doing and the importance of everybody, especially
By the time Kwame Nkrumah left... my interest was aroused in politics. At work, I began explaining issues to my colleague seamstresses and customers. Whenever I was traveling to visit my dressmaking clients, I talked on trains about the need for our liberation and urging people to join the Tarkwa branch of the UGCC and summoning people together to hear news of the campaign for self-government.
After that encounter with Kwame Nkrumah, she subsequently become a key supporter of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) began raising support for the UGCC, to the extent that when the Big Six were arrested, Kudjoe raised funds and led a campaign for their release. She was a founding member of the Committee of Youth Organization (CYO) within the UGCC and was one of the seven signatories who endorsed an April 1949 document that threatened a full split away from the UGCC if Kwame Nkrumah wasn't reinstated as the parties general secretary.
Unfortunately, Kwame Nkrumah was not reinstated so there was a split which brought to the formation of the Convention People's Party (CPP), as a keen supporter of his ideals she also moved along with Kwame Nkrumah after the split. She was the only woman present when the decision to split was made.
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Hannah Kudjoe
Hannah Esi Badu Kudjoe (née Hannah Dadson; December 1918 – 9 March 1986) was a prominent activist for Ghanaian independence in the 1940s and 1950s. She was one of the first high-profile female nationalists in the movement, and was the National Propaganda Secretary for the Convention People's Party. She was a political activist during the government of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. She was also an active philanthropist and worked to improve women's lives in Northern Ghana. . She was able to convince others to support and fight for independence. She helped Kwame Nkrumah in bringing people to join the CPP and support it. She once helped the Big Six when they were arrested by bringing people together to call for their release by the colonial government.
Born in Busua (near Dixcove), in the Ahanta District in the Western Region of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in December 1918 to Mr. and Mrs. John Peter Dadson of Busua, Kudjoe was the youngest of 10 children. She was one of the privileged few girls that went to school in an era where few girls went to school. She started her elementary education at Busua Methodist School and completed at Sekondi Methodist School. After finishing school, she became a popular dressmaker in Tarkwa, where she married J. C. Kudjoe. He was a manager of Abontiako gold mines near Tarkwa. The marriage did not last, and she began living with her brother, E. K. Dadson, a prominent United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) activist.
In June 1947, she had the chance of meeting Kwame Nkrumah, when he lounged in their house when he made a trip to Tarkwa. This happened shortly after he had returned to Ghana in 1947 from studying abroad in the United States and Britain for over a decade in order to take up the position of general secretary of the United Gold Coast Convention, a political party formed by George Paa Grant to fight against British colonialists and grant Ghana its independence. Kwame Nkrumah convinced her of the importance of women in politics.
She described how she met Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and inspired her entry into politics at an International Women's Day symposium at the Accra Community Centre on 8 March 1986:
Somewhere in June 1947, we received a charming gentleman, he was introduced to me by my brother as Kwame Nkrumah, General-Secretary of the UGCC. During the day, my brother went out with Nkrumah to address various meetings of the local UGCC branch in town... One day, as they came back and I was serving Kwame Nkrumah, he asked me why I have not been attending the UGCC meetings in town. I was amazed by his question and I honestly told him I thought politics was only men’s business. For the next twenty or so minutes, Kwame Nkrumah explained to me all they were doing and the importance of everybody, especially
By the time Kwame Nkrumah left... my interest was aroused in politics. At work, I began explaining issues to my colleague seamstresses and customers. Whenever I was traveling to visit my dressmaking clients, I talked on trains about the need for our liberation and urging people to join the Tarkwa branch of the UGCC and summoning people together to hear news of the campaign for self-government.
After that encounter with Kwame Nkrumah, she subsequently become a key supporter of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) began raising support for the UGCC, to the extent that when the Big Six were arrested, Kudjoe raised funds and led a campaign for their release. She was a founding member of the Committee of Youth Organization (CYO) within the UGCC and was one of the seven signatories who endorsed an April 1949 document that threatened a full split away from the UGCC if Kwame Nkrumah wasn't reinstated as the parties general secretary.
Unfortunately, Kwame Nkrumah was not reinstated so there was a split which brought to the formation of the Convention People's Party (CPP), as a keen supporter of his ideals she also moved along with Kwame Nkrumah after the split. She was the only woman present when the decision to split was made.