Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu dropped a lengthy tribute honoring Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings after her sudden death, calling her the only real female hero to come out of Ghana's revolutionary period. He praised her fierce loyalty to her late husband, Jerry Rawlings, and credited her with basically creating the National Democratic Congress back when everyone was arguing about whether revolution supporters should jump into constitutional politics or hand things off to existing parties.
Amidu said she protected Rawlings harder than anyone he ever knew and pushed women's empowerment while backing policies for rural communities during her time as First Lady. The guy mentioned she suggested the party name that eventually became NDC and helped design their umbrella symbol before internal beef over a presidential primary in Sunyani pushed her out to form her own party. He wrapped up by saying Ghana should have reconciled with her before she passed, and he regrets not visiting when she apparently tried reaching out through her daughter months before dying.
Amidu said she protected Rawlings harder than anyone he ever knew and pushed women's empowerment while backing policies for rural communities during her time as First Lady. The guy mentioned she suggested the party name that eventually became NDC and helped design their umbrella symbol before internal beef over a presidential primary in Sunyani pushed her out to form her own party. He wrapped up by saying Ghana should have reconciled with her before she passed, and he regrets not visiting when she apparently tried reaching out through her daughter months before dying.
