Elizabeth Akua Ohene

**Elizabeth Akua Ohene** (an haife ta 24 ga Janairu 1945) yar jarida ce ƴar Ghana kuma ƴar siyasa. Ta yi aiki a matsayin karamar ministar ilimin manyan makarantu a Ghana a karkashin Shugaba John Kufuor. Ta taba zama Editan Jaridar *[[Daily Graphic (Ghana)|Daily Graphic]]*, mace ta farko a cikin rawar.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Elizabeth Ohene a ranar 24 ga Janairun 1945 a Ho a yankin Volta na Ghana.

Ta halarci Makarantar Mawuli kuma ta sami admission a Jami'ar Ghana a 1964, inda ta kammala digiri na BA (Hon.) a Turanci a 1967. Ta kuma halarci Jami'ar Indiana, da ke Bloomington, Indiana, Amurka, inda ta sami takardar shaidar sadarwa ta Mass Communication. . Ta kasance 'yar jarida daga Janairu zuwa Yuni 1983 a Kwalejin Wolfson, Jami'ar Cambridge, a Burtaniya.

## Aiki
Ohene ta yi aikin jarida a jaridar *Daily Graphic* kuma a shekarar 1979 ta zama mace ta farko a Afirka da ta fara gyara wata babbar jarida ta kasa. Ta tafi gudun hijira bayan ta soki gwamnatin Jerry Rawlings. Tsohuwar Minista ce a ma’aikatar ilimi, kimiya da wasanni. Har ila yau, tana cikin tawagar BBC *Focus on Africa* da ta lashe lambar yabo. Ohene ya kasance mai magana da yawun gwamnatin tsohon shugaban kasa John Kufuor.

A lokacin da Ohene ta fara aikin jarida da jaridar Daily Graphic da ke Ghana, a lokacin ne aka yi tashe-tashen hankula a siyasance. Ta koma Landan don ci gaba da aikinta na jarida a matsayin mawallafi da editan wata mujallar labarai ta mako-mako mai suna Talking Drums. Daga baya ta zama mataimakiyar editan shirye-shiryen yau da kullun a sashin Sashen Afirka na BBC World Service. Ohene ya zauna a Landan na tsawon shekaru 19, bayan ya bar Ghana da bukatar mafaka. Ta tuna da Landan sosai, ko da a yanzu Ghana ta kasance ƙasa mai aminci da kwanciyar hankali.

Yanzu ana kallon Ghana a matsayin kasa mafi aminci ga 'yan jarida a Afirka, kuma an ce 'yancin aikin jarida na samun ci gaba. Ranar ‘Yancin ‘Yan Jaridu ta Duniya, wadda Hukumar Ilimi da Kimiyya da Al’adu ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta dauki nauyin shiryawa a kasar Ghana a watan Mayun 2018. Wannan wani muhimmin al’amari ne, domin a zamanin gwamnatin Jerry John Rawlings an sanya ‘yan jarida a matsayin makiyan jihar, kuma ana daukar su a matsayin makiyan gwamnati. galibi ana azabtarwa da kashe su. Ohene tana aiki a matsayin editan jaridar *Daily Graphic* a Ghana yayin da Rawlings ke rike da kasar. Ta buga wani edita mai tambaya game da mulkin Rawlings, kuma dole ne ta bar ƙasar don tserewa daga fushinsa. Ta je Landan, ta kafa mujallar *Talking Drums*, tare da abokan aikinta guda biyu da suka tsere tare da ita. Manufar Drums na Talking Drums ita ce a samar da wata kafa da za ta tona asirin cin zarafin bil'adama da ke faruwa a Ghana.

## Siyasa
Ohene na adawa da cin hanci da rashawa a Ghana; ta bayyana cewa ya kamata a san cin hanci da rashawa da "sata" kuma ta nuna cewa wannan annoba ce ga ci gaban kowace kasa.

Ta tsaya tsayin daka don kwato 'yancin 'yan jarida. A shekarar 2016, ta bayar da shawarar a ba dan jaridar da aka dakatar da shi daga shiga majalisar dokokin Ghana saboda zargin ba da rahoto, inda ta bayyana cewa ta yi imanin cewa aikin dan jarida shi ne ya tura iyakoki, kuma ya kamata kurakuran su zama lokacin da za a iya karantawa amma ba wani abu mai tsanani ba.

Ohene na goyon bayan takaita karuwar al’umma a Ghana, a matsayin wani mataki na rage radadin talauci. Ta goyi bayan aikin Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah, babbar daraktar hukumar kula da yawan jama'a ta kasa, da kuma shawarar Appiah na cewa a takaita mata a Ghana ga yara uku ko kuma su rasa damar yin ayyukan gwamnati kyauta.

Kungiyar matasan Volta ta caccaki Ohene saboda rashin goyon bayanta ga sarakunan gargajiya, musamman saboda kakkausan kalamai da ta yi kan Togbe Afede na 14, Babban Hakimin Jihar Asorgli kuma Shugaban Majalisar Sarakunan Kasa a 2018.

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