Theo Sowa

**Theo Sowa** CBE (wɔwoo no afe 1957) yɛ ɔfotufo a ɔde ne ho a wɔwoo no wɔ Ghana a ɔreyɛ adwuma wɔ amanaman ntam nsɛm ahodoɔ pii a ɔde n’adwene si asetena mu nkɔsoɔ ho nsɛm so na wakasa wɔ baguam wɔ asetena mu amammuisɛm ho nsɛm dodoɔ bi ho. Ɔne ahyehyɛde ahorow bi a UNICEF, Stephen Lewis Foundation, African Union, DfID, ne UNDP, ne afoforo ayɛ adwuma na mprempren ɔyɛ Afrika Mmea Nkɔso Foto no panyin. Nea ɛka n’adwuma no ho ne sɛ ɔne Graça Machel bɛyɛ adwuma wɔ nsɛm a ɛfa mmabun ho ne nhoma dodow bi a ɔde bɛboa na wasiesie. Ɔsan yɛ Comic Relief adwumakuw no sohwɛfo . Wɔ June 2010 mu no, wɔpaw Sowa sɛ Ɔsahene wɔ Order of the British Empire (CBE) so.

## Mfitiase asetra ne nhomasua
Wɔwoo Sowa wɔ Cape Coast, Ghana, wɔ afe 1957 mu, na ɔde ne mmofraase wɔ United States of America . Wɔ 1967 mu no, ɔde ne din kɔhyɛɛ Blessed Sacrament Convent a ɛwɔ Brighton, England, na akyiri yi ɔkɔɔ so bɛyɛɛ Abeawa Panyin wɔ St Leonards-Mayfield Sukuu a ɛwɔ Mayfield, Sussex .

Esiane n’agya adwuma nti, ɔtenaa Afrika aman ahodoɔ so, Europa, Asia, ne USA nso. Ne saa nti, onyaa mmusua mu nyiyim, ɔbarima ne ɔbea ntam nyiyim, nyiyim ne animtiaabu wɔ ne mmofraase pɛɛ. Nanso, ɛte sɛ nea eyinom hyɛɛ n’akannifo ho nimdeɛ a ɛkɔ so hyɛ n’asetra ne n’adwuma agyirae no mu den ara kwa. Wɔ 17 Ayɛwohomumɔ 2015 no, ɔkasa tiaa Nigeria Aban a ɛyɛ brɛoo wɔ Chibok mmabaa 219 a Boko Haram kyeree wɔn wɔ 14–15 Ayɛwohomumɔ 2014 no a wɔgyaee wɔn no ho. Ɔfrɛɛ Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria Ɔmampanyin a ɔredi tumi mprempren no sɛ ɔnyɛ ade ntɛm wɔ ɔko a ɔbɛko atia atuatew ne mmeawa no a wobegyae wɔn no mu.

Sowa kɔɔ Afrika ne Asia Adesua Sukuu wɔ Sussex Sukuupɔn mu fi 1977 kosi 1980, na onyaa abodin krataa wɔ amanaman ntam abusuabɔ mu . Wɔ sukuupɔn no mu no, na n’ani gye mmea hokwan ahorow, pɛyɛ ne atɛntrenee ho. Sukuupɔn akyi no Sowa dii saa anigye yi akyi na ɔdii "The Lady In Purple" wɔ Ntozake Shange agodie *For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf* mu. Wɔhwɛɛ sini no mu yiye na wogye toom. Akyiri yi Sowa nyaa abodin krataa a ɛkorɔn wɔ nhomasua a wɔde toto nneɛma ho mu wɔ Institute of Education, University of London, fi 1986 kosi 1988.

## Adwuma
Ɔsan nso de ne ho hyɛɛ television mu a wayɛ adwuma wɔ BBC, ITV ne Channel Four Television (1988–1991) mu a ɔde asetra mu nsɛm kyerɛ na ɔbɔɔ amanneɛ. Ɔsom sɛ amanneɛbɔfo ne ɔyɛkyerɛfo wɔ dwumadi ahorow mu, a nea ɛka ho ne *Mmoa*, *Abusua Nsɛm*, *Never on A Sunday*, ne nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw ne dwumadi ahorow pii. Ɔyɛɛ nkɔsoɔ sohwɛfoɔ a ɔhwɛ nkɔsoɔ so Ɔman Fekuo a ɛhwɛ Mmaratofoɔ a Wɔhwɛ wɔn ne Wɔn a Wɔsan De Wɔn Kɔtena, NACRO (1985–1987). Sowa ayɛ ITV Telethon mmoa a wɔde ma kuw no muni (1990/91), wɔapaw no sɛ Duke of Edinburgh mpanyimfo bagua no muni ne Rainer Foundation mpanyimfo bagua no muni (1990/1993) ne ahotoso/adwumakuo no muni ma Conciliation Resources, a NGO a wosiesie ntawntawdi (1995/2005). Wɔ 1992 mu no, saa bere no Ɔman Ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔhwɛ Nhomasua so John Patten paw no sɛ ɔmmɛyɛ UK Ɔman Mmabun Dwumadibea no baguafo, dibea a ogyaee adwuma bere a otu kɔɔ South Africa kɔyɛɛ adwuma sɛ Commonwealth Ɔkyerɛwfo Dwumadibea no Mfiridwuma Ho Afotufo kuw no fa wɔ ɔman no mu South Africa abatow a edi kan a mmusuakuw ahorow pii wom.

Sowa yɛɛ adwuma sɛ amanaman ntam ɔfotufo mfe pii, na ɔboaa ahyehyɛde ahorow a agye din te sɛ UNICEF, Stephen Lewis Foundation, African Union, Department for International Development, ne UNDP, ne afoforo. Na ɔyɛ African Grantmakers Network no guamtrani nso. Na ɔsan nso yɛ nhyehyɛe ho ɔfotufo panyin wɔ UN Adesua a Ɛfa Mmofra ne Akode Ho Nkodi Ho (Machel Amanneɛbɔ) ho na odii anim wɔ mfe anum nhwehwɛmu a wɔyɛe wɔ amanneɛbɔ no mu no ho. Wɔ saa dibea yi mu no, ɔde abusuabɔ sii hɔ na ɔboa ma wɔyɛɛ nhyehyɛe kaa ɔman ne amanaman ntam NGO ahorow, aban ahorow a ɛwɔ nsasepɔn anum no so ne wɔn ananmusifo a wɔwɔ New York wɔ UN adwumayɛbea ahorow no nkyɛn. Odii nkitahodi ahorow anim, mfiridwuma ne amammuisɛm nyinaa, de dii amanneɛbɔ no nyansahyɛ ahorow a ɛfa mmofra a wɔakyere wɔn wɔ ntawntawdi mu ne amanaman ntam NGO ahorow, UN nnwumakuw a ɛfa ho, UN amammui ahyehyɛde ahorow ne aban ananmusifo mpanyimfo a wɔwɔ UN no ho dwuma. Ne ho a ɔde hyɛɛ mmofra nsɛm mu no maa wɔpaw no sɛ Ɔmampanyin Nelson Mandela ne Awuraa Graça Machel fotufo wɔ wɔn adwuma a wɔyɛe wɔ mmofra ne akannifo nsɛm ho maa Wiase Nyinaa Mmofra Kuw no.

## Adwuma a ɛkɔ so
Sowa yɛ Afrika Mmea Nkɔso Foto no panyin . Ɔsan yɛ ɔfotufo ne ɔfotufo a ɔde ne ho, a ne ho akokwaw wɔ amanaman ntam asetra mu nkɔso mu a osi mmofra hokwan ne ahobammɔ ho nsɛm so dua titiriw.

Sowa yɛ Comic Relief, ne Comic Relief Amanaman Ntam Mmoa Boayikuw no guamtrani, ɔyɛ Stephen Lewis Foundation no Afrika Afotufo Bagua no muni, Britania Aguanfo Bagua no Akannifo Boayikuw no muni, ɔyɛ Adanse ho ɔboafo ma Nkɔso ne Graça Machel Trust no baguafo panyin. Sowa wɔ baguam paw sɛ Charity Commission for England and Wales no baguafo .

## Abasobɔde ne agyede a wɔde ma
Wɔpaw no sɛ Britania Ahemman no Ahyehyɛde (CBE) no Sahene wɔ afe 2010 Ɔhemmaa Awoda Nidi mu .

## Nhoma ahorow

* Ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔboaa, ''Mmofra ne Nsakrae Atɛntrenee''
* Ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔboaa, ''Nkɛntɛnso a Ɔko Nya wɔ Mmofra So'' ; a ɔne Graca Machel kyerɛwee
* Ɔyɛ Harvard Mmara Sukuu/UNICEF Innocenti nhoma bi, ‘Mmofra ne Nsakrae Atɛntrenee’ no samufo.
* Ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔka ho a ɔkyerɛw ‘Groupwork and IT’, ntetee nhoma a wɔde ma adwumayɛfo a wɔne mmerante ne mmabaa.

## Nsɛm a wɔde gyinaa so