Global InformationKate Abbam information
Kate Abbam | |
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| Born | Ewura Ekua Badoe 24 October 1934 Cape Coast, Ghana |
| Died | May 2016 (aged 81) |
| Education | Saint Monica's Convent; Mmofraturo School; A. M. E. Zion School; Wesley Girls' High School |
| Alma mater | Queen Elizabeth College University of Ghana, Legon |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor and consultant on women and development |
| Known for | Founder of Ghana's first women's magazine |
Kate Victoria Teiba Abbam, born Ewura Ekua Badoe (24 October 1934 – May 2016) was a Ghanaian journalist, editor and consultant on women and development.[1][2] Abbam founded Ghana's first women's magazine, Obaa Sima ("The Ideal Woman"), in 1971.[3]
- ^ "Kate Abbam passes on", Modern Ghana, 10 May 2016.
- ^ Edmund Quaynor, "Editor of 'Obaa Sima' magazine passes on", Ghana News Agency, 28 July 2016.
- ^ Bryce, Jane (2016). "'Who No Know Go Know': Popular Fiction in Africa and the Caribbean". In Simon Gikandi (ed.). The Novel in Africa and the Caribbean Since 1950. Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-19-976509-6.