Woman famous people who you almost certainly did not know are queens
Wendy Shay, Bofowaa and Mercy Asiedu are all aspect of Ghanaian ‘celebrity queen mothers’
Aside from the actuality that 1 gets to be a queen only if the individual is from a royal lineage or by relationship, the Ghanaian culture has cultivated the behavior of choosing some influential men and women at random to be enstooled and female celebrities have not been remaining out in this regard.
These feminine celebrities are purposely handed above the task to encourage advancement in the villages or cities wherever they are enstooled and are generally referred to as ‘Nkosuohemaa’, ‘Nyonufia’ (Development Queen) amid other individuals.
It is also intriguing to notice that when some of these females were topped as queens in their hometowns, others primarily those people married to chiefs took up their ‘queenship’ titles by default.
GhanaWeb presents to you some four Ghanaian celebs who have been enstooled queens in some sections of Ghana:
Wendy Shay
Wendy Addo commonly known as ‘Wendy Shay’ was enstooled as the Ahenemba Hemaa of Gomoa Afransi in December 2019.
Whilst the Ghanaian singer does not hail from that certain city, it was claimed that she was presented the title centered on her enormous contributions to the local community.
Eshun
Ethel Esi Eshun, popularly recognised as eShun was enstooled as a ‘youth queen mother’ at Gomoa Afransi in the Central Area. The final decision to honour her in accordance to experiences was as a final result of how she supported the town, specifically all through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bofowaa
The wife of Rev. Obofour, Ciara Antwi, was enstooled as a Queen-mother of Tepa, situated in the Ashanti Region in October 2020.
She was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Abuafuohemaa (Improvement Queen Mother).
Bofowaa was tasked with the development of the Ahafo Ano North Municipality in the Ashanti Region.
Mercy Asiedu
The multiple award-profitable actress Mercy Asiedu won an computerized ticket of getting a queenmother immediately after she married Nana Agyemang Badu, Chief of Kunsu in the Ahafo Ano South District in the Ashanti Region.
Her relationship and coronation took spot in April 2017.
Oheneyere Gifty Anti
The ace broadcaster turned the Queen-mom of Adumasa in the Jap Area as a consequence of her marriage to Oyikekyire Nana Ansah Kwao IV in January 2018.
She was conferred with the title ‘Oheneyere Nana Awo Dansoa’.
Self-assurance Haugen
The Ghanaian businesswoman, philanthropist, and model was enstooled as queen-mother in the Volta Region on February 2, 2021.
The previous Aphrodisiac Night time Club C.EO was crowned with a ‘Nyonufia’ title which interprets to queen-mom.
