Pauline M. Clerk

**Pauline Miranda Clerk** (26 May 1935 – 25 Ɔkɔtɔberɛ 2013  ) yɛ Ghana ɔman adwumayɛfo, ɔman soafoɔ ne ɔmampanyin fotufo.

## Asetra mu nsɛm

#### Mfitiase asetra ne abusua
Wɔwoo Pauline Miranda Clerk wɔ May 26, 1935 wɔ Osu, Accra maa Richard Alfred Clerk, ɔman adwumayɛfo a na ɔyɛ atubrafo a na ɔyɛ adwuma wɔ Gold Coast ne Nigeria . Na ne maame ne Martha Comfort Quaynor. Ne nuanom ne Robert, Richard ne Caroline. Na ɔyɛ Ghana Clerk abusua a ɛho hia wɔ abakɔsɛm mu no mu awo ntoatoaso a ɛto so anan. Na ɔyɛ Alexander Worthy Clerk, Jamaicani Moravia ɔsɛmpatrɛwfo bi a oduu Danish Protectorate of Christiansborg, a ɛwɔ Gold Coast saa bere no mu wɔ 1843 mu no banana, sɛ mfitiase kuw a na wɔyɛ West India asɛmpatrɛwfo 24 a wɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ the BaselAsɛmpakafo Asɛmpatrɛwfo Kuw a ɛwɔ Switzerland.  A. W. Ɔkyerɛwfo yɛ ɔkwampaefo wɔ Presbyterian Asɔre a ɛwɔ Ghana no mu na ɔyɛ ɔkannifo wɔ nhomasua mu wɔ atubrafo Ghana, na ɔne afoforo hyehyɛɛ mfinimfini sukuu a wɔtra mu wɔ Osu, Salem Sukuu wɔ afe 1843. Na n’agya nanabea panyin, Pauline Hesse (1831–1909) fi Gold Coast, na na ɔwɔ Danish, German ne Ga nananom. Ne nanabea panyin ne Regina Hesse (1832–1898), ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo a ɔyɛ ɔkwampaefo ne sukuu panyin a ɔne Basel Asɛmpatrɛwfo a wɔwɔ Gold Coast yɛɛ adwuma.

Nea ɔda nsow wɔ n’abusuabɔ mu ne ne nanabea, Nicholas Timothy Clerk (1862–1961), nyamekyerɛfo ne ɔsɛmpatrɛwfo a wɔpaw no sɛ Synod Ɔkyerɛwfo a odi kan wɔ Presbyterian Asɔre a ɛwɔ Gold Coast no mu fi 1918 kosi 1932. N. T. Ɔkyerɛwfo yɛ agya a ɔhyehyɛɛ mmarimaa nyinaa ntoaso sukuu, Presbyterian Mmarimaa Ntoaso Sukuu a wɔde sii hɔ wɔ afe 1938. Na ne papa nua barima, Carl Henry Clerk (1895–1982) yɛ ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo ne Presbyterian ɔsomfo ne nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfo a wɔpaw no sɛ Synod Ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔto so anan wɔ Presbyterian Asɔre a ɛwɔ Gold Coast no mu fi 1950 kosi 1954 ne saa ara nso na Kristofo Ɔbɔfo no Samufo, amanneɛbɔ no bulletin a Presbyterian Asɔre a ɛwɔ Ghana de mae fi 1960 kosi 1963. Onua barima bi, Theodore S. Clerk (1909–1965) yɛ Ghanani a odi kan a ɔyɛ ɔdansifoɔ a ɔfiri Gold Coast a ɔyɛɛ nhyehyɛɛ na ɔyɛɛ hyɛn gyinabea kuro Tema  PM Clerk maame nuabeanom ne Jane E. Clerk (1904–1999), . Gold Coast ɔbaa akwampaefoɔ a ɔyɛ ɔbaa nwomasua sohwɛfoɔ ne Matilda J. Clerk (1916–1984), Ghanani ɔbaa a ɔtɔ so mmienu a ɔbɛyɛɛ oduruyɛfoɔ. Ne nuanom mmarima ne nhomanimfo Nicholas, George ne Alexander Clerk .

#### Nhomasua ne adwumayɛ
Pauline Clerk suaa ade wɔ Osu Presbyterian Mmabaa Sukuu ne Achimota College, a abien no nyinaa wɔ Accra. Ɔhyɛɛ n’adwuma ase wɔ Ghana Broadcasting Corporation na ɔboaa ma wɔhyehyɛɛ ɔmanfoɔ broadcaster no nhwehwɛmu nwomakorabea.

Ɔde ne ho kɔbɔɔ Gold Coast Ɔman Adwumayɛbea wɔ 1950 mfe no mfinimfini na ɔbɛyɛɛ amannɔne adwumayɛfo panyin – ɔman nanmusifo a ɔyɛ adwumaden a ɔbata Amannɔne Nsɛm Ho Dwumadibea no ho . Mfiase no wɔde no kɔɔ kan Afrika Nsɛm Ho Ɔkyerɛwfo Dwumadibea a ɛwɔ Ghana ɔmampanyin, The Flagstaff House . Wɔ Ɔkyerɛwfo Dwumadibea hɔ no, Pauline Clerk ne Ghana ɔmanpanyin, KB Asante, a na Kwame Nkrumah apaw no sɛ ɔnhwɛ asoɛe no so no yɛɛ adwuma. Ɔyɛɛ adwuma sɛ ɔpanyin wɔ Afrika Apuei Fam Mantam mu na na ɔwɔ Kampala, Uganda, faako a osuaa Swahili kasa wɔ Makerere Sukuupɔn mu . Wɔ 1962 ne 1965 ntam no, na ɔyɛ Ghana aban ananmusifo wɔ Dahomey (mprempren Benin ).

Na Pauline Clerk yɛ aman ntam nkitahodi kyerɛwfo a ɔhwɛ nsɛm ne amammerɛ so wɔ Ghana aban ananmusifo dwumadibea a ɛwɔ Paris no. Ɔne Ghana aban ananmusifoɔ adwuma wɔ Washington, DC ne London. Na ɔyɛ ɔman nanmusifo nso wɔ Togo ne kan Apuei Fam Aman a ɛne Yugoslavia ne Germany Apuei fam aman no mu . Na Clerk yɛ amanaman ntam ɔhwɛfo a ɔde ne ho wɔ 1980 Uganda amansan abatow no mu . Wɔ 1980 mfe no mu no, wɔpaw no sɛ ɔfotufo wɔ Offices of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) wɔ Jerry John Rawlings akanni ase . Bere a ɔsan baa ɔmanfo nniso mu wɔ 1990 mfe no mfiase no, ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔmampanyin fotufo panyin, a wɔde no kɔmaa Ɔman Bagua a Ɛhwɛ Mmea ne Nkɔso So (NCWD) sɛ ɔfotufo wɔ mmea hokwan ahorow ne asetra mu sikasɛm mu nkɔso ho nsɛm ho.

## Owu ne ayi
Pauline Clerk wui wɔ Accra wɔ 25 October 2013 esiane abɔde mu nneɛma nti . Na n’ayie wɔ Ebenezer Presbyterian Asɔre, Osu, na ɛno akyi no wɔsiee n’amu wɔ Osu Amusiei wɔ Accra.

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