# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/efua-dorkenoo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:13:23.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/efua-dorkenoo"
name: "Efua Dorkenoo"
slug: "efua-dorkenoo"
description: "Efua Dorkenoo, OBE, affectionately known as \"Mama Efua\", was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice 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.\""
tagline: "Ghanaian activist (1949-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Efua_Dorkenoo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-09-06"
deathDate: "2014-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.07563066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Efua Dorkensoo"
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    title: "ایفوا ڈورکینو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump