Efua Dorkenoo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Efua Dorkenoo

Ghanaian activist

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1949

Place of Birth: Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana

Date of Death: 18-Oct-2014

Profession: writer, politician, author, human rights activist

Nationality: Ghana

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice and worked internationally for more than 30 years to see the campaign "move from a problem lacking in recognition to a key issue for governments around the world."