11 Facts About Theodosia Okoh

Theodosia Okoh played a leading role in the development of hockey in Ghana.

Theodosia Okoh was born as Theodosia Salome Abena Kumea Asihene in Effiduase to the Very Reverend Emmanuel Victor Asihene, a former moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, and Madam Dora Asihene, both from Anum in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana's Eastern Region.

Theodosia Okoh had the opportunity to travel around Ghana and abroad with her father.

Theodosia Okoh started school at Ashanti Efiduasi Primary School, continued to the Basel Mission Middle, Senior and Teacher Training Schools in Agogo and then Achimota School, where she received three years training in Fine Art.

Theodosia Okoh submitted her design, which was adopted as the national flag of Ghana by the country's first president Kwame Nkrumah from 6 March 1957.

Theodosia Okoh was the first female chairman of the Ghana Hockey Association and later President of the Ghana Hockey Federation for more than 20 years, and it was during her tenure that Ghana first qualified for both the Hockey World Cup and the Olympic Games.

Theodosia Okoh was a long-time patron of the Sport Writers Association of Ghana.

Theodosia Okoh was married to Enoch Kwabena Okoh, Head of Civil Service in the Kwame Nkrumah regime in the 1960s, and had three children: E Kwasi Okoh, Stanley Kwame Okoh and Theodosia Amma Jones-Quartey.

Theodosia Okoh died on 19 April 2015 at the Narh-Bita Hospital in Tema after a short illness, aged 92.

Theodosia Okoh was awarded the Grand Medal by the nation, and a number of awards from other institutions in the country.

Theodosia Okoh received a citation from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and the National Sports Awards in 2004, as well as award from the Sport Writers Association of Ghana and an award from the TV Africa series Obaa Mbo.