Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings will be laid to rest today, Friday, November 28.
Final arrangements for the ceremony were concluded on Thursday, November 27.
The national farewell follows a requiem mass held on Wednesday at the Accra Ridge Church, where family members, friends and dignitaries offered tributes that underscored the depth of her contribution to Ghana’s political and social development.
Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, who died last month at the age of 77, was the matriarch of Ghanaian women’s empowerment and an enduring example of women’s political awakening in Africa and beyond.
Born on 17 November 1948 in Cape Coast to J.O.T. Agyeman and Felicia Agyeman, she was raised in a home that prized discipline and leadership. Nana Konadu attended Achimota School before proceeding to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where she studied Art with a focus on Textile Design and distinguished herself in student leadership, serving as Deputy SRC Secretary and later SRC Secretary. She was also active in the National Union of Ghana Students.
Her academic pursuits included training in Interior Design at the London College of Arts; Advanced Personnel Management at the Management Development and Productivity Institute; Development Studies at GIMPA; and a Senior Fellowship in Policy Studies and Non-Profit Sector Economic Development at Johns Hopkins University.
