As Ghana joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD), it is fitting to celebrate , the artist who designed Ghana's iconic flag in 1957.
Born in 1922, she started her education at the Effiduase Primary School and continued to the Basel Mission Middle, Senior and Teacher Training schools in Agogo in the Ashanti Region and later proceeded to the Achimota School, where she studied fine arts.
When Ghana gained independence from Britain, there was the need for the country to have a new flag, which was advertised.
Theodosia Okoh submitted her design, which was adopted as the national flag of Ghana by the country's first president, Dr.
