Google has today in its doodle honoured Ghana’s flag designer, Theodosia Okoh. Thedosia Okoh who was born in Effiduase located in Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Fifty nine years after Okoh first designed the flag, the vibrant stripes of red, yellow, and green behind a black star, remain a strong symbol of national pride and identity for the Ghanaian people.
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Okoh, who would have been 94 years old today, was not only an artist but an athlete who led the Ghanaian hockey team to their first ever World Cup appearance. The team also won the Fair Play Award, Ghana’s first ever international hockey award, during her tenure.
She went on to become the first female chairman of the Ghana Hockey Association and later, served as President of the Ghana Hockey Federation for 20 years. To honor her contributions, the hockey stadium in the center of Accra is named after her.
When the Mayor of Accra sought to change the name, she defended it with the same zeal she showed during games. According to Okoh’s family, “Many people in Ghana will remember the infamous cartoon of her pulling the mayor of Accra’s beard in one hand with an oversize pair of scissors in the other, threatening to cut off his beard for having the gall to try and change the name of the hockey stadium.”
