 Much
of the success of the Convention People's Party has been due to the efforts
of women members. From the very beginning women have been the
chief field organisers. They have travelled [sic] through
innumerable towns and villages in the role of propaganda secretaries and
have been responsible for the most part in bringing about the solidarity
and cohesion of the Party.
So fervent were these women, in fact, that while I was in gaol and the party organisation was at its most critical period, I learned at a rally in Kumasi a woman party member who adopted the name of Ama Nkrumah ('Ama' being the female equivalent of 'Kwame') got up on the platform and ended a fiery speech by getting hold of a blade and slashing her face. Then smearing the blood over her body, she challenged the men present to do likewise in order to show that no sacrifice was too great in their united struggle for freedom and independence. |