207:, a daily newspaper established by the former president in 1948, and wrote political pamphlets that demanded independence and mobilized the Ghanaian people to oppose colonial rule. She edited the women's column on the front page of the newspaper – a section introduced by Nkrumah as part of his aim to elevate women in Ghana via expanding the educational provision of girls. The launching of the
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234:, Ayisi embarked on country-wide lecture tours, promoting resistance against imperialist rule. She later became Kwame Nkrumah's first private secretary (1950–56) and helped Nkrumah write pro-independence slogans to combat British imperial rule, such as "die with the imperialists."
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Kofi Ayisi was a royal and linguist for the King, who was also his relative. Some of Akua Asabea Ayisi's uncles were royal fetish priests. Kofi Ayisi had 70 children, 10 of those by Mercy Adebra. Ayisi's mother, Mercy Adebra's grandfather,
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