Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang

A Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang FGA (a sẽn dog n dog n dog yʋʋmd 1951 yʋʋmd kiuug rasem 22 wã)  yaa Gana karen-saamb la politik soab sẽn yaa Ghana tẽnga taoor soab na-kẽeng a nii soabã sẽn be Ghana tẽnga taoor soaba John Mahama taoor hal yʋʋmd 2025 yʋʋmd kiuug rasema rasem a 7 soabã. A ra yaa karen-bi-poak yʋʋm 2013 yʋʋm-vẽk kiuugã n tãag yʋʋm-vʋʋr yʋʋm-vẽnegr kiuugã yʋʋm-vɛɛk kiuugã yʋʋm 2017 yʋʋm-vɩt kiuugã yʋʋmvẽk yʋʋm-vɩɩs kiuugã yʋʋmdã. A yaa sɛb karen-saamb la a yaa Ghana tẽnga karẽn-biis sull taoor soaba, a sẽn wa n lebg karẽn-soab sull taoor soaba.  A yaa pagb sẽn be Afrɩka karẽn-biis karẽn-kẽndre taoor soaba, Zimbabwe, hal tɩ ta a sẽn bas a naam yʋʋmd 2024 tʋʋlg kiuugã.

Yʋʋmd 2020 yʋʋm-soab kiuugã Ghana tẽnga taoor dãmb moasã, a John Mahama yãka a Opoku-Agyemang t'a yɩ a moasã taoor soab a sẽn da be NDC wã pʋɩ-sʋka.    A leb n yɩɩ Maama taoor soaba yʋʋm 2024 wã, la a tõoga, n lebg pipi pag sẽn yaa tẽnga taoor-soaba. A Opoku-Agyemang paama waoogr sẽn yɩlẽ n kaoog gɩdgr la a tõog n maan yɛl sẽn tar yõod wʋsg Gãna tẽnga zãmsa la politikã pʋgẽ.

## A VIIM SINGRE LA KAORENGO
A Opoku-Agyemang sẽn yaa Fante buudã, a dogame yʋʋmd 1951 yʋʋm-vʋʋr kiuug rasem 22 Cape Coast, Gana, n boond t'a Jane Naana Sam. A kẽnga Anglikã kom-bɩɩs lekoll sẽn be Koforidua la Aburi Presby kom-bãmb lekollã. Rẽ poore, a zãmsda karengã Wesley Girls High School sẽn be Cape Coast yʋʋmd 1964 n tãag yʋʋmd 1971. A paama a B.Ed.  (Tõnd sẽn paam n sõsd ne b karen-biisã) b sẽn zãmsdã b sẽn zãmsã b sẽn zãmsd b buud-gomdã b sẽn boond tɩ Anglais la Fransã yʋʋmd 1977 wã. A paama a diplôme a sẽn zãms Frans buud-gomdã Dakar karẽn-biisẽ wã, la a paama a magisterã la a doktorã karẽn-biigã sẽn be York karẽn-kẽngẽ Toronto, Ontario, Kanada, yʋʋmd 1980 la yʋʋmd 1986 wã. 

## A TUUMA
Opoku-Agyemang zãmsda la a tʋmda Cape Coast Yuniõrgr pʋgẽ, n sɩng yʋʋmd 1986. A zĩnda kareng wʋsg pʋgẽ, a sẽn yaa Angletɛɛrã kareng taoor soaba, Art karengã karen-bi-poak soaba, Adehye Hall wã taoor soaba, Valco Trust Fund Postgraduate Hostel wã, la Graduate Studies la Research karengã sẽn lugl b sẽn lugl n naan maan karen-biiga.  Yʋʋmd 1997 wã tɛka, a zĩnda Afrika tẽn-tẽngã siglgã sẽn get b sẽn maan bũmb ninsã wɛɛngẽ. Yʋʋmd 2008 wã n tãag 2012, a yɩɩ karẽn-biis sull sull sull taoor soaba. A kẽnga tʋʋm-kãnga yʋʋmd 2008 zĩ-likr kiuug rasem 1 soabã, n lebg a Emmanuel Addow-Obeng pʋga. 

Yʋʋmd 2007 tʋʋlg kiuugã, a Opoku-Agyemang yɩɩ bãngdb a nu sʋka sẽn yãk n na n moon yʋʋmd 200 soabã sẽn looge, b sẽn yiis burkĩndã b sẽn da maand Etazĩni. 

Yʋʋmd 2009 zĩ-lik kiuugã, b yãka a Gana taoor soab United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ. 

Yʋʋmd 2012 wã, yʋʋm-vẽk kiuugã raarã sẽn deng n zĩndã, a Opoku-Agyemang n zĩnd n na n wilg a Kojo Oppong Nkrumah sẽn na n yɩ a taoor soaba. 

Yʋʋmd 2018 kiuug rasem 26 wã, a lebga pagb sẽn be Afrɩka tẽn-digendã karẽn-biis karẽn-soab sẽn be Zimbawe.

A zĩnda tẽnga la tẽn-zẽms wʋsg taoor dãmb la komɛtẽ, wala Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD-Ghana),  a sẽn maand Harriet Tubman seri wã sẽn gomd Afrik tẽn-tẽnga yelle (Africa World Press Inc. USA),  a sẽn maand Afrika tʋʋm Canada, la Lekollã sẽn get logtorã la sigrã sẽn yaa nin-kãsems sẽn yaa ninsa. 

## A POLITIK TUUMA
Yʋʋmd 2013 t'a ta 2017 wã, a yɩɩ karengã ministɛɛr sẽn na yɩl n paam zãmsã. A John Mahama sẽn yãk-a t'a maan tʋʋm kãnga, yʋʋm 2012 Ghana tẽnga raasẽ wã, a sẽn tõog n yɩ a taoor soaba. 

A sẽn wa n be a naamã sasa, a maana tʋʋm-no-kãsems wʋsg sẽn na yɩl n paas b sẽn zãmsdã sõma, b sẽn kẽes b mens n zãmsd nebã la b tõog n zãms b taabã. A sẽn maan bũmb ning sẽn tar yõod wʋsg n yɩɩd yaa a sẽn sɩng karengã n yiis karengã yʋʋmd 2015 wã. Yaa sẽn na yɩl tɩ kambã sẽn tar zu-loees to-to wã paam zãmsgo, b sẽn na n tõog n paam n paam n zãms b taabã, n paas n paas n sõng tɩ b paam n paam sor ning sẽn yaa to-to, la b paam n kẽes b mens n paas ne Ghana karen-biisa wɛɛngẽ.

A sẽn da yaa bi-bɩɩsã taoor soaba, a ra segd n gesa bi-bõonegã sẽn na yɩl tɩ b paam pãng la b sõng b kambã tɩ b paam b mens ne b kambã. A taoor lʋɩtbb sullã kɩtame tɩ b yãk yam n maan bũmb sẽn na yɩl n tõog n welg b mens ne b taabã ye, n paas pagb sẽn na n paam n kẽ kãadem la b tall b mens n kẽ kãadem, la b sõng kom-bɩɩsã tɩ b paam pãng b mensã zãmsgo pʋgẽ. A sẽn maan bũmb ningã sõnga wʋsg ne pagbã sẽn be Gana soolmẽ wã.

Sẽn paase, a kɩtame tɩ b lebg polẽn-tɛkniik 10 sẽn be tẽns a taabã pʋsẽ n lebg karẽn-biis sẽn yaa sõma, sẽn yaa tʋʋm-kãseng sẽn kɩt tɩ b paam n paas b karẽn-kɛgemdã la b paas b karẽngã.  [29] Woto kɩtame tɩ Ghana karen-biisã tõog n zems ne dũniyã yɛl sẽn yaa to-to wã.

A Opoku-Agyemang sẽn da be a naamã sasa, a sɩngame n na n me bẽnegr karen-biis 124 sẽn boond tɩ "E-Blocks", sẽn na yɩl n paas b sẽn tõe n paam lekoll sẽn be tẽn-sʋka zĩis nins b sẽn pa tar n kõ-b sõngrã. A sẽn wa n wa n na n wa baas a tʋʋmdã wakatẽ wã, lekoll 50 n da be n naan wa sɩng b tʋʋmdã, n kõ-b la sɛb sẽn yaa nin-buiidã sẽn tõe n bãng bũmb ninsã, wala sɛb-dotã la ICT siglgã.  Tʋʋm-kãngã kɩtame tɩ b tõog n paam zãmsgo, sẽn yɩɩd fãa tẽn-tẽngã la tẽn-tẽnga pʋga, la b wilg tɩ b sẽn da tar n dat n sõng-a tɩ b tõog tɩ b paam zãmsgo 

Opoku-Agyemang geta siglgã sẽn naan naan naan yɩlẽ n tõog n paam n paam n bãngd bũmb nins sẽn yaa tɩlae ne bãagã la b bãngd siglgã sẽn boond tɩ UHAS wã sẽn be Ho wã, tɩ rẽ sʋka, sẽn yaa sẽn naan naan yɩg n bãngd yɛl sẽn yaa tɩlae la b sẽn get b vɩɩmã yelle, sẽn naan yɩg ne logtorã, la b sẽn na n paam n tɩgen b tʋm-tʋmdbã b logtorã sẽn be Sokode wã pʋgẽ.  Yaa yʋʋm 2015 yʋʋm-vʋʋr kiuugã la a John Dramani Mahama sẽn wa n yaa tẽnga taoor soaba n sɩng karẽn-biisã. A wilgame tɩ yaa a sẽn na n paas a goosneema wã sẽn na n tõog n paam kareng sẽn yaa sõma n paas a sẽn na yɩl n sõng bãag karen-biis nins sẽn na n paam b mens n kõ b mens laafɩ wã wɛɛngẽ wã.

A yɩɩ tʋʋm-kãseng me sẽn na yɩl n lugl tẽnga zãmsa siglgã sẽn boond tɩ University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) sẽn be Ghana soolmã sẽn be Gãna soolmẽ wã. A sõngame tɩ b tõog n yiis b sẽn da yãkdã n kõ b noorã, la b tõog n kõ b raab n kõ b karen-biisã ligd.  Yʋʋmd 2016 yʋʋm-rɩt kiuugã pʋgẽ, tẽnga taoor soab a John Mahama kɩtame tɩ b yãk b sẽn na n maan n naan maan UESD Somanya campusã.

A Opoku-Agyemang sẽn maan a meng taoor-soabg tʋʋm yʋʋm 2021 wã, a Opoku- Agyemang yãka yʋʋm 2020 t'a yɩ tẽnga taoor soab sẽn na n lʋɩ taoor n yãk a meng n na n yɩ tẽnga taoor soaba, yʋʋm 2020 yʋʋm 2017 yʋʋm 2017 yʋʋm kiuug rasem 6 wã Ghana tẽnga taoor dãmb sẽn na n yãk yʋʋm 2020 yʋʋm 2019 yʋʋm yʋʋm yʋʋm yʋʋm 2019 yʋʋmdã yʋʋmdã yʋʋm kiuug rasẽ wã. A yɩɩ Ghana politikã sull a yiib-n-soabã pipi pag sẽn na n yɩ taoor soaba. A sẽn yãk-a wã yaa sẽn da yaa tẽnga bãnd-kẽedã, a John Dramani Mahama sẽn yaa NDC taoor soaba. Yaa pagb sull la pagb sẽn tʋmd tʋʋm-no-kãsems n wilg tɩ b sẽn na n sõng Ghana politikã tɩ b tõog n paas pag ne rao paalsã zems-n-taarã.

A kosa Gana nebã tɩ b yãk yam n na n toeem b mens la a pʋlem tɩ b na n tũnug ne a tʋʋm-naandã n sõng tɩ b tõog n tõog n tõog tɩ b bɩɩs yam n paase, la b tũnuga ne kom-bɩɩsã sẽn get b yell sõma. A ra pa zabd ne a bɛɛbã ye. A sẽn maan a koe-moonegã sẽn yaa sõma n be koom-koglgã pʋga la a sẽn da be a tẽngẽ wã, sẽn yaa Central Région wã, kɩtame tɩ b tõog n tõog n paam pʋga wʋsg sẽn da sãam b sẽn da maan yʋʋmd 2016 wã.

##### Sõngd-n-taag sull
A Opoku-Agyemang yaa Gana Art la bãngrã Akademi wã, Ghana Yunivɛrzã karen-saam dãmb sull, Anglik zãmsgo sull, Afrika zãmsgo sull la Afrika sɛb sull, la International Fulbright Scholars Association, Commonwealth of Learning, la neb a taab sʋka.

## A MENG VIIMs
A Opoku Agyemang yaa kiris-ned sẽn maand a Zeova raabã ne a Methodistã. A kẽe kãadem ne karen-biig a Edmund Opoku-Agyemang la b tara kamb a tãabo, a Kweku Opoku- Agyemang, a Kwabena Opoku-agyemang la a Maame Adwoa Opoku- agyemang.[ A tara kom-bõoneg a yiibu me.

## Kũun-kãsems la b sẽn deeg-b
A Opoku-Agyemang paama a meng waoogr digri ne West Indies karẽn-biisã la Winston-Salem karẽn-biigã. A paama me tẽn-tẽngã taoor lʋɩtb tʋʋmdã kũun sẽn yit Floride sẽn be Zapõ wã sẽn be Tampa wã.  A paama a Volta Order of Officer Award sẽn kõ a karen-bi-rãmbã b sẽn kõ-a wã yʋʋm 2011 soabã, a John Atta Mills sẽn kõ-ba.  la Ghana pagb sẽn tar minim ning b sẽn kõ b karen-biisa wɛɛngẽ, b sẽn kõ-b-la kũun sẽn wilgd b sẽn sõngd b karen-biisã tɩ b paam zãmsgo. A paama a sẽn maan bũmb wʋsg n paas tẽn-zẽmsã zãmsgo, a sẽn paam n paam n paam a ning-a wã naoor a yiib.  

Yʋʋmd 2020 wã, b yãka-a t'a be Ghana pʋg taoor dãmb 40 sẽn tar pãng n yɩɩd b taabã sʋka, a sẽn yɩ pag sẽn wilgd pagbã sẽn segd n maan bũmbu Ghana la Afrika wã yĩnga.   Yʋʋmd 2023 wã, b kɩtame t'a zĩnd Afrɩka rãmb 100 sẽn tar waoogre sʋka.  

## A Bibliography
* "Where there is No Silence: Articulations of Resistance to Enslavement". Revised Inaugural Lecture to the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
* Opoku-Agyemang, N. J., Lovejoy, P. E., Trotman, D. V. (eds), *Africa and its Diasporas: History, Memory and Literary Manifestations*, Trenton, New Jersey, USA: Africa World Press, 2008.
* *Where There is No Silence: Articulations of Resistance to Enslavement*, Accra: Page Link Publishers, 2008.
* Anquandah, J., Opoku-Agyemang, N.J., and Doormont, M. (eds), *The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Landmarks, Legacies, Expectations*, Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2007, pp. 210–224.
* "The Living Experience of the Slave Trade in Sankana and Gwollu: Literary Manifestations and Implications for Tourism". In James Anquandah, Naana Opoku-Agyemang and Michel Doormont (eds), *The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Landmarks, Legacies, Expectations*, Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2007, pp.
* "A Fork in the Road: Ayi Kwei Armah's *Osiris Rising* and Florence Ladd's *Sarah's Psalm* on the subject of homecoming" in Naana J. Opoku-Agyemang, with Paul E. Lovejoy and David V. Trotman (eds), *Africa and its Diasporas: History, Memory and Literary Manifestations*, Trenton, New Jersey, USA: Africa World Press, 2008, pp. 303–318.

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