The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Ghana
This page contains a list of the greatest Ghanaian Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 538 Social Activists, 2 of which were born in Ghana. This makes Ghana the birth place of the 63rd most number of Social Activists behind Norway and Australia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ghanaian Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Ghanaian Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Efua Dorkenoo (1949 - 2014)
With an HPI of 41.63, Efua Dorkenoo is the most famous Ghanaian Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
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."
2. Felix Nartey ( - )
With an HPI of 38.39, Felix Nartey is the 2nd most famous Ghanaian Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Felix Nartey is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and open advocate. He was named the Wikimedian of the Year in August 2017 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at Wikimania. He is a Co-founder of Open Foundation West Africa and Creative Commons Ghana, where he is also the chapter lead.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as social activists born between 1949 and 1949. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living social activists include Felix Nartey. The most famous deceased social activists include Efua Dorkenoo. As of April 2022, 2 new social activists have been added to Pantheon including Efua Dorkenoo and Felix Nartey.
