FROM OHENEBA NANA AKUA AFRIYIE PREMPEH Me Ni! ‘Me Ni’ as I affectionately called you, tears are running down my cheeks as I write this tribute. I adored and loved you so very much, and I miss you tremendously already. Today, I stand before you not as ‘Oheneba’ as you affectionately called me, but as your first daughter. I met Aunty Obaa Yaa in 1990 when my children and I had just come from the UK to Ghana for good. My late mother, Mrs Margaret Prempeh, introduced us and said, “Akua, this is your second mother, and you can fall on her as a Mother when I am gone”. Sadly, my dear Mother passed away two years later, and it was then that I truly understood why my Mother essentially made you my ‘Second Mother’. You were thoughtful and generous of your time, and resources towards me, be it lending me your house staff, or sending me banku. You were a listening ear, and we both loved to have a little gossip and laugh together, whether on the phone, or in person. We were incredibly close, and there was nothing we did not share. Aunty Obaa Yaa truly stepped in as a mother and was always there with a forthright, witty quip, and pearls of wisdom and encouragement. ‘Me Ni’, I am sure you know how much I loved, appreciated, and respected you. As the years passed, and health issues arose, I lived in fear that one day she would leave me in a very devastating state just like my darling Mother did. But she always seemed to overcome every storm. Until this last short illness. I am inconsolable, Aunty Obaa Yaa, and I will miss you so, so much. You have left a vacuum in my heart and life that cannot easily be filled. But God knows best. ‘Me Ni’, thank you so very much for loving, respecting me, and holding me in such high esteem. May your kind soul rest in Perfect Peace, my Second Mother. Obaa tan pa, Da yie. TRIBUTE W 24 A Loving Farewell 1934 MRS. OBAA YAA AFRIFA 2025
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