EARLY LIFE Mrs. Cecilia Akua Pokuaa Johnson was born on Wednesday, September 18, 1946 in Sunyani to Opanin Anthony Kwadwo Boahen Gyimah, the proprietor of Gyimah’s bookshop in Sunyani and Obaa Payin Yaa Twenewaa Bennett an industrious cocoa farmer and a prominent trader in textiles in the local Sunyani market. She was the second born of her mother’s twelve children and the third daughter of her father. Akua Pokuaa was named after her paternal grandfather and was raised by her mother who lived in the house of her maternal uncle, the late Emmanuel Kwadwo Apomasu Kusi in Area 1, House No. W 6 (as it was at the time). Growing up, she was surrounded by her maternal grandfathers, Mprah, Korang, Asare Nimo and Mensah, who lived in close proximity as a family. Mrs. Johnson cut her teeth as a trader assisting her mother selling textiles in the Sunyani market. Her tasks included head porting of the textiles to and from the market as well as accompanying her mother as she went on frequent textile sales round the various communities and nearby towns of Sunyani. During her academic vacations, she joined her other siblings as shop assistants in the famous GYIMAH BOOKSHOP, P.O. BOX 1, Sunyani. 1946 MRS. CECILIA JOHNSON 2025 13 A Loving Farewell
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