Nana Ama Bonsu: A Queen Mother With A Mighty Mission

ATLANTA - March 20, 2013 - PRLog -- African Vignette April 2013: Nana Ama Bonsu, a Queen Mother with a Mighty Mission

       An African-American, Nana Ama Bonsu is also a dynamic and respected personage in the African immigrant community of metro Atlanta. Indeed, the name by which she is known symbolizes the strength of the connection that she has forged with Mother Africa and its people. The first part of her name, “Nana” is an African title meaning “chief” or “queen mother.”

      Born and raised in the United States, Nana Ama Bonsu worked at the Nassau County Medical Center in Long Island when she first met a priest who was from Ghana. “Through that priest I met several different other priests from Ghana,” Nana Ama Bonsu recalls with unabashed fondness. “I began taking different priests from Ghana on tours around New York City and they were so appreciative that they got together and wanted to take me home. That is, they all got together and invited me to come and visit their home in Ghana...”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE in the April Edition of The African Star Newspaper.

About The Author: Denise Noe

Denise Noe is a contributor to a variety of true crime e-zines,Crime Magazine and Tru-Tv Denise Noe is the editor of the newspaper The African Star and The Caribbean Star News magazine she has written many essays that have appeared in Atlanta Journal Constitution as well as  Gauntlet, Ménage, Comrades, Chrysalis Quarterly, Crime Library, and The Lizzie Borden Quarterly.
She has also published articles in  The Humanist, Newcomer, The Brookhaven Buzz, Georgia Journal, Exquisite Corpse, The Gulf War Anthology, and Light. In 2004, Denise Noe wrote "The Manson Myth" for Crime Magazine, an  acclaimed article debunking the charismatic image of Charles Manson propagated by Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi in the best-selling true crime book of all time, Helter Skelter.
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