Family announces October 23 memorial mass for Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings
A memorial mass for Ghana’s former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings will take place on October 23, 2026, marking the first anniversary of her death. The service at Holy Spirit Cathedral in Adabraka, Accra, will run from 10 a.m. to midday.
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Service arrangements
The family of Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has announced a memorial mass for Friday, October 23, 2026, at Holy Spirit Cathedral in Adabraka, Accra. The service will begin at 10 a.m. and end by midday.
The family has invited the public to attend and asked mourners to wear white or black and white. Agyeman-Rawlings died on October 23, 2025, aged 76.
Women’s and children’s advocacy
Agyeman-Rawlings served as First Lady from 1981 to 2001 and advocated for women’s empowerment, grassroots development and poverty alleviation. She founded the 31st December Women’s Movement, which encouraged women’s participation in community development and public life.
The movement built more than 1,000 early childhood development centres with support from donors, international organisations and local communities, expanding access to preschool education in rural and low-income urban communities.
The family’s statement highlighted her work to protect women’s and children’s rights and said her legacy would continue to resonate in Ghana and beyond.
Political career
Agyeman-Rawlings helped establish the National Democratic Congress and became its vice-chairperson in 2010. She contested the party’s presidential primary in 2011 but lost to then-President John Evans Atta Mills.
She founded the National Democratic Party in 2012 and stood as its presidential candidate in the 2016 general election, becoming the first woman to contest a Ghanaian presidential election as a political party’s candidate.
