Annie Ruth Jiagge

**Annie Ruth Jiagge**, GM (née **Baëta**; 7 October 1918 – 12 June 1996)**,** a wɔsan frɛ no Annie Baëta Jiagge, yɛ Ghana mmaranimfo, ɔtemmufo ne mmea hokwan ho ɔbenfo. Ɔno ne ɔbaa a ɔdi kan wɔ Ghana ne Amanaman Nkabom no mu a ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ. Ná ɔyɛ obi a ɔkyerɛw Mpaemuka a Ɛfa Nyiyim a Wɔyɛ Tia Mmea a Wobeyi Afi Hɔ Ho no titiriw, na na ɔka wɔn a wɔhyehyɛɛ ahyehyɛde a ɛbɛyɛɛ Mmea Wiase Sikakorabea no ho.

Annie Jiagge

GM

Asɛnzibea a ohwɛ Asɛm a Wɔdze Kɔdan Asɛndzibea no Titenanyi Wɔ edwuma mu 1980–1983

Asɛnnibea a ohwɛ Asɛm a Wɔdze Kɔdan Asɛndzibea no Temmufo Wɔ adwumayɛbea 1969–1980

Asɛndzibea Kunyin no Temmufo Wɔ edwuma 1961–1969

Amansin Asɛnnibea no TemmufoWɔ adwuma 1959–1961

Ankorankoro ho nsɛm

Annie Ruth Baeta

Wɔwoo no 7 Ɔkɔtɔberɛ 1918 Lomé, Franse Togoland

Owui12 June 1996 (mfe 77) Accra, Ghana

Ohokafo:Fred Jiagge

Ebusuabɔ:Christian Gonçalves Kwami Baëta (onua)

Alma mater:Achimota College London Sikasɛm Sukuu

Edwuma

• Otemmuafo

• Mbranyimnyi

Mfitiase asetsena ne nhomasua

Wɔwoo Annie Ruth Baeta wɔ Ɔkɔtɔber 7, 1918 wɔ Lomé, France Togoland. Ná n’awofo yɛ sukuu Akyerɛkyerɛfo, Henrietta Baëta ne Presbyterian somfo, Robert Domingo Baëta. Ná ɔka Ewe ebusuakuw a owɔ Ghana ne Togo kesee fam apuei no ho. Ná ɔyɛ Baëta abusua a oda nsow no muni, na na ɔyɛ mbofra baawɔtwe no mu biako, owom dɛ Annie nye nuanom Christian, Lily, nye William nkutoo na wɔtsena ase kosii hɔn mpanyin afe do. Na ne nuabarima panyin, Christian Baëta yɛ nhomanimfo ne Presbyterian somfo a wɔpaw no dɛ Synod Clerk wɔ Evangelical Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast fri 1945 kosi 1949 na oboaa kɛse ma wɔdze Sukuupɔn a owɔ Ghana, Legon wɔ afe 1948 mu.

N’awofo pɛ dɛ onya Engiresi kasa ho adzesua na ɔnye ne maame nanabaa tsena mpoano kurow Keta ( dɛm ber no na owɔ Britania Togoland) mu.

Baeta kɔɔ Achimota College na onyaa ne kyerɛkyerɛfo adansedzi krataa wɔ afe 1937. Na ɔyɛ Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo Panyin ne Sukuu Kyerɛkyerɛfo wɔ Evangelical Presbyterian Girls School fri 1940 kosi 1946. Ber a ɛpo hohoroo Evangelical Presbyterian School ma mbaa adan wɔ afe 1940 mu ekyir no, mbaa no tu kɔɔ Evangelical Presbyterian Sukuu a Wɔhwɛ Mbarimaa do no mu. Ná nyimpa ahyɛ sukuu no mu ma dodo, na na Baeta nyim dɛ obɛyɛ dzen dɛ obenya sika dze asi adan fofor. Ɔkɔɔ Evangelical Presbyterian Asɔre Nnwontofo Kuw no nkyɛn na ɔdanee no yɛɛ no drama kuw a wɔdze George F. Rool nnwom ho dwumadzi David the Shepherd Boy hyɛɛ mu. Agorudzi ahorow no dzii yiye na wɔtoo nsa frɛɛ kuw no dɛ wɔmmɛbɔ nnwom wɔ Gold Coast nkurow akɛse mu ne Togo. Baeta tum boaboaa sika ano maa sukuu fofor maa mbaa no a wosii wɔ December 1945 mu.

## Adzesua ahorow wɔ London
Ber a Baeta de tsena Evangelical Presbyterian Mbaa Sukuu no mu no yɛɛ dza abotɔyam hom nanso omaa no ho yɛɛ no basaa. odzii nkonyim wɔ London Matriculation Sɔhwɛ mu wɔ afe 1945 mu. Ne nuabarima panyin Christian bisabisaa London Sukuupɔn nsɛm wɔ ne dzin mu na ne maame gyee bosea maa no. Wogyee no kɔɔ London Sukuu a ohwɛ Sikasɛm nye Amanyɔsɛm do wɔ 1946. Ne mfɛfo mbarima a wofri Gold Coast hyɛɛ no dɛ onnyae n’adzesua, a na wosusuw dɛ oyɛ dzen dodo ma obaa. Baako kae dɛ ɔbɛyɛ dzibea ho nhyehyɛe ama no wɔ Paris Adzesuabea hɔ ma wasua ntadehyɛ ho adze. Ɔka kyerɛɛ hɔn dɛ sɛ wantwa ne sɔhwɛ a odzi kan no mu a, ɔbɛsan akɔ Gold Coast. Ɔtwam, na mbarima no anhaw no bio. Ɔnyaa ne LLB wɔ 1949 mu na wɔfrɛɛ no kɔɔ Bar wɔ Lincoln’s Inn afe a odzi hɔ no. Baëta nso dze ne ho hyɛɛ nyamesom ne asetsena mu ndwuma mu wɔ n’ahomegye ber mu wɔ London. Ɔnye mbabun nsraban a Mbabun Kristofo Fekuw (YWCA) hyehyɛe no yɛɛ edwuma na wɔpaw no dɛ Wiase YWCA Boayikuw no muni wɔ ne mfe a otwa to dɛ osuanyi mu.

Mbra edwuma, mbaa hokwan ahorow ho edwuma ne egyapadze

Baeta hyehyɛɛ kokoam edwumayɛbea bi ber a ɔsan baa Gold Coast wɔ afe 1950. Odzii ɔmanfo ntam ebusuabɔ nhyehyɛe bi enyim dze hyehyɛɛ ɔman YWCA maa atubraman no na wɔyɛɛ sini a wɔdze kyerɛw nsɛm dɛ mbɔdzenbɔ a wɔdze kyerɛkyerɛ ɔmanfo ahyehyɛde no ho adze no fa. Baeta waree Fred Jiagge wɔ 10 Ɔbɛnem 1953. Ɔgyaee Bar no na ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufo maa Bench wɔ June 1953. Wɔ afe 1954 mu no, ofrii ase kɔɔ Wiase Nyinaa Asɔre Bagua no nhyiam ahorow daa. Efi 1955 kosi 1960 no, na ɔyɛ YWCA no titranyi. Ɔnye ne kun faa abofra bi a wɔfrɛ no Rheinhold wɔ afe 1959. Wɔ afe 1959 mu no, ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufo maa Ɔmansin Asɛndzibea.

Atɛnkyea dze me mu. Dɛ me ne no dzi nkitaho a, me ho ntɔ me kɛse.

— *Annie Jiagge*

Ber a Jiagge tsee ababaa bi a wɔtoo no mmonnaa wɔ Accra ber a ofrii nkuraase baa hɔ dɛ ɔrebɛbisabisa no edwuma ho nsɛm akyi no, ɔhwehwɛɛ aban mboa na oma mbaa a wɔbɛsra no anya daber a ahobammɔ wom. Ɔnye Ghana ɔmampanyin Kwame Nkrumah nyaa atiefo na ɔmaa ogye dzii dɛ edwuma no ho hia. Odzii ɔsatuo bi a odi mu enyim wɔ 1961 mu a onyaa sika kɛse maa YWCA mbaa ahɔhodan bi. Dɛm afe no ɔbɛyɛɛ Asɛndzibea Kunyin no temmufo. Ofi afe 1961 kɔsi afe 1976 no na ɔyɛ Ghana Suapɔn no agyinatukuo muni. Wɔ afe 1962 mu no, wɔpaw no dɛ onnyina Ghana ananmu wɔ Amanaman Nkabom Bagua a ohwɛ Mbaa Gyinabea do no mu. Wɔka kyerɛɛ no dɛ ɔnyɛ Commission to Investigate the Assets of Senior Servants na Bomed Political Leaders no guamtrani wɔ afe 1966. Ɔnam n’edwuma a ɔyɛe wɔ Amanaman Nkabom no mu no so bɔɔ mmea hokwan ahorow ho ban, na ogyinaa Ghana ananmu kosii afe 1972. Wɔ afe 1966 mu no, wɔpaw no dɛ Aban Asoɛe no amanneɛbɔfo. Wɔ nhyiam bi a wɔyɛe wɔ Iran wɔ 1967 mu no, wɔbɔɔ Aban Asoɛe no sobo dɛ wɔnyɛ krataa bi a ofa nyiyim a wɔyɛ tia mbaa a wobeyi afi hɔ ho. Osiandɛ na Jiagge haw dɛ ber a wobefi Iran no renwie sraadi bi ntsi, ohyiaa kuw no mufo afofor a Iran Ɔhemmaa Ashraf Pahlavi ka ho, na ɔkyerɛw krataa no anadwo baako. Wɔde kɔmaa aman a wɔka UN ho no dɛ wɔmmɛka wɔn adwene na ekyir yi wogye toom. Ná Mpaemuka no yɛ adze titiriw a edzii 1979 Apam a o

fa Nyiyim a Wɔyɛ Tia Mbaa Nyinaa a Wobeyi Afi Hɔ Ho a ɛyɛ mbra kwan do dze no enyim. Wɔpaw Jiagge dɛ Commission no nhyiam a ɛto so 21 no guamtrani wɔ afe 1968 mu.

Wɔmaa Jiagge Ghana Abasobɔdze Kɛse ne Gimbles International Award for Humanitarian Works wɔ afe 1969. Wɔpaw no dɛ ɔtemmufo wɔ Asɛnnibea a ohwɛ Asɛm a Wɔdze Kɔdan Asɛndzibea no mu dɛm afe no ara, asɛndzibea a okorɔn sen biara wɔ Ghana dɛm ber no. Ɔno nye obaa temmufo a odzi kan wɔ Asɛndzibea a ohwɛ Asɛm a Wɔdze Kɔdan Asɛndzibea no. Wɔmaa no mbranyimfo abodzin krataa a oyɛ nyidzi wɔ Ghana Suapɔn mu wɔ afe 1974. Wɔ afe 1975 mu no, ɔhyehyɛɛ Ghana Ɔman Bagua a ohwɛ Mbaa ne Nkɔso do na ɔno ne guamtranyi a odzi kan. Dɛ́ oguamtranyi no, ɔfrɛɛ Ghana mbaa nhyiam bi dɛ wɔrebɛsua hɔn adwen wɔ Pɛyɛ, Nkɔso ne Asomdwee a ɛyɛ 1975 Amanaman Ntam Mbaa Nhyiam a wɔyɛe wɔ Mexico no asɛmti no ho. Ɔtsee dɛ bosea a wobenya no yɛ adze titiriw ma ne man mu mbaa na odzii Ghana ananmusifo no enyim kɔɔ nhyiam no ase. Ɔnye afoforo hyɛɛ bɔ dɛ wɔdze aba sika bɛma mbaa sikakorabea, na wɔhyehyɛɛ ahyehyɛde a wɔfrɛ no Stitching to Promote Women’s World Banking (mprempren Women’s World Banking) na wɔn edwumayɛbea ti wɔ New York. Ekyir yi ɔyɛɛ Women’s World Banking board a wɔ Ghana no mu. Jiagge nso yɛɛ Wiase Asɔre Bagua no titranyi fri afe 1975 kosi afe 1983. Wɔ afe 1979 mu no, na ɔyɛ amansan bagua a wɔkyerɛw Ghana Aman a oto do ebiɛsa no mbrahyɛ bagua no muni. Na ɔyɛ Wiase Nyinaa Asɔre Bagua no kwankyerɛfo maa hɔn Dwumadzi a Wɔdze Ko Tia Mbusuakuw mu Nnyiyim fi 1984 kosi 1991 na ɔboaboaa hɔn ho ano tiaa South Africa nhyehyɛe a ofa nnipa mu nyiyim ho.

Wɔpaw Jiagge dɛ Asɛndzibea a ohwɛ Asɛm a Wɔdze Kɔdan Asɛndibea no Titenanyi wɔ afe 1980. Dɛm afe no, odzii Ghana ananmusifo no enyim bio kɔɔ Amanaman Ntam Mbaa Nhyiam a wɔyɛe wɔ Copenhagen no. Ɔkɔɔ so yɛɛ Asɛndzibea a ohwɛ Asɛm a Wɔdze Kɔdan Asɛndzibea no Titenanyi kosii dɛ ogyaee edwuma wɔ 1983. Ɔboa ma wɔyɛɛ Wiase Nyinaa Nhyiam a Ɛto do Anan a Ɛfa Mbaa Ho no ho nhyehyɛe dɛ Amanaman Nkabom Ɔkyerɛwfo Panyin no afotufo kuw no muni dɛm afe no. Wɔ 1985 mu no, ɔsom wɔ Amanaman Nkabom no bagua bi a wɔyɛɛ Baguam Asɛndzibea a ofa Amanaman Ntam Ndwumakuw a Wɔyɛ Wɔ South Africa nye Namibia no Dwumadzi Ho no mu. Ɔsan nso yɛɛ Abenfoɔ Boayikuo a wɔhyehyɛɛ Ghana Amanyɔ Mbra wɔ afe 1991 mu. Efi afe 1993 kosi ne wu no, Jiagge yɛɛ Ghana Ɔman Bagua no muni. Owui wɔ 12 June 1996 wɔ Accra. Ɔtemmufo Annie Jiagge Nkaeɛ Ɔkasa no, Mbaa ne Mbofra Dwumadzi bea na odze sii hɔ wɔ afe 2009 mu. Wɔtoo ahɔhodan bi a wɔtra mu, Annie Baëta Jiagge Fie, a kan no na oyɛ, Fie 17, wɔ ne alma mater, Achimota Sukuu no dzin dze kaee no de kyerɛɛ ne dwumadzi dɛ ɔkwankyerɛfo wɔ mbra edwuma mu wɔ Ghana.

Abasobɔdze ahorow

* The Grand Medal of Ghana (1969)
* The Gimbles International Award (1969)

## Nhwɛdo

* *Prah, Mansah (2002). "Jiagge, Annie (1918–1996)". In Commire, Anne (ed.). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Waterford, Connecticut: Yorkin Publications. . Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2015-10-28.*
* *"Baeta, Christian G(oncalves) K(wami) (1908-1994) | History of Missiology". www.bu.edu. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.*
* *Pobee, John S*