Okoh, Theodosia Salome (1922– ),
Ghanaian artist, was born on 13 June 1922 in the Ghanaian town of Wenchi located in the Brong Ahafo Region. Her father, Emmanuel Victor Asihene, was a moderator in the Presbyterian church in her home town. Her mother was Dora Asihene. In her youth, Okoh studied at Presbyterian mission schools. She drew attention for both her artistic ability and her excellent play in field hockey. Some even dubbed her “The Joan of Arc of Ghana Hockey” for both her skill and her determination to promote the sport later in life. Okoh attended and graduated from Achimota College, the first government-run university in Ghana. At the university, she became known for her painting and her collages, which she continued to produce through the early twenty-first century. She then worked as a schoolteacher in and around the eastern Ghanaian town of Kukurantumi and became known to locals as “Teacher Awura” (lady teacher). Like many Ghanaians in the late ... ...
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