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Efua Dorkenoo
Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua",〔("Obituaries: Efua Dorkenoo" ), ''The Times'', 29 October 2014.〕 was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice〔Alexandra Topping, ("Efua Dorkenoo OBE, the ‘incredible African female warrior’, has died" ), ''The Guardian'', 20 October 2014.〕 and worked internationally for more than 30 years to see the campaign "move from a problem lacking in recognition to a key issue for governments around the world."〔("Efua Dorkenoo remembered: 'My mother, mentor and wisdom'" ), BBC World News, 27 October 2014.〕
==Early years==
She was born in Cape Coast, Ghana, where she attended Wesley Girls' High School.〔 She moved to London at the age of 19 to study nursing, and eventually earned a master's degree at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a research fellowship at City University London.〔Jane Kramer, ("Postscript: Efua Dorkenoo, 1949-2014" ), ''The New Yorker'', 23 October 2014.〕 She was a staff nurse at various hospitals, including the Royal Free,〔 and it was while training as a midwife that she became aware of the impact of FGM on women's lives.〔〔Emma Batha, ("Anti-FGM campaigners mourn death of pioneer Efua Dorkenoo" ), Reuters, 20 October 2014.〕
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