Akua donkor biography of william

Ghanaian politician (–)

Akua Donkor (February – 28 October ) was a Ghanaian farmer and politician.^[2] She was the founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).^[3][4]

Early life

Akua Donkor was born in February and hailed from Ejuratia in the Afigya Kwabre District^[5] in the Ashanti Region of Ghana (then the Gold Coast).

She was a Cocoa farmer by profession and was not known to have had any formal education.^[6]

Personal life

Akua Donkor birthed a daughter who goes by the name Ama Serwaa Bonsu.^[5]

Politics

Akua Donkor was initially an assembly woman for Heman electoral area in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region.^[7]

election

She applied to contest as an independent candidate in the election to become president of Ghana but was disqualified by the Electoral Commission on accounts of not meeting the requirements set for the election.

She later decided to give her supp