Veteran Peace FM broadcaster Henrietta Afia Konadu Okyere-Twum, popularly known as Maame Afia Konadu, has passed on after a short battle with pneumonia.
The former host of ‘Wo Haw Ne SÉ›n?’, ‘Mpom Te SÉ›n’ and ‘Asomdwee Nkomo’ reportedly died on Wednesday in New York in the United States of America, where she was living with her children.
Afia Konadu went to Agogo Presbyterian Girls School and continued to Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Secondary School. She also trained at Wesley College and Ghana School of Languages in Ajumako.
Maame Afia, a former teacher at Labone Secondary School-then moved to work with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) before moving to Despite Group of Companies when it started Peace FM at Mile 7 in Accra.
At GBC, she wrote her name in gold hosting Saturday morning programme ‘Awareso’ which discussed how to make homes out of houses.
The affable Maame Afia carved a niche for herself once she started her own shows at Peace FM, the first Twi speaking radio station in the country where she worked until she retired a few years ago.
Her shows immediately caught on with listeners because of her novel ways of presentation, jovial but serious style of interacting with callers as well as the significant nature of issues she discussed.
The 68-year-old who was with the now Tesano-based station parted ways with the station four years ago when she turned 65.
In a moving interview with the host of Peace FM’s morning show, 'Kokrokoo' to celebrate her 65th birthday on November 17, 2015, she said she has done her part.
“I have done my part, I am tired and it is time for me to leave for somebody else to take over,” she told the host Kwami Sefa Kayi.
Her family says they are “overwhelmed with the number of calls from well-wishers and sympathizers in their difficult time.”
“As we mourn do join us in prayers and say a prayer for a life well lived though we would have wished she lived much longer,” the family head added in a short statement hours after her passing.
She was survived by Beryl, Kwaku, Esme and Enid Okyere-Twum and 6 grandchildren.
The family said they will communicate details of her final funeral rites once they are finalised.
Source: Ghana| Myjoyonline.com
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