Abena dolphyne biography

Florence Dolphyne

Ghanaian academic and linguist

Florence Abena Dolphyne (born in ) is a Ghanaianlinguist and academic. She was the first female professor[1] and first female pro-vice chancellor of the University of Ghana.[2]

Early life and education

Florence Dolphyne hails from Akyinakrom in the Ejisu-Juabeng District of the Ashanti Region.[3] Her primary school education was at the Wenchi Methodist Primary School.

She continued at Achinakrom Methodist Primary School as her family had moved there. She had to sell bread and kenkey after school due to the family's low income. Her next school was at Mmofraturo Girl's Boarding School at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region as her father was then a Methodist minister at Manso Atwere.[4]

Florence Dolphyne had a senior high school education at the Wesley Girls Senior High School, Cape Coast.[5] Her sixth form education was at Mfantsipim School at Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.

This was then a boys' school with a mixed sixth form section. She distinguished herself there by being the first female student to win a prize at the school.[4]

Dolphyne entered the University of Ghana in and graduated with a BA(Hons) degree in English in [6][7] She obtained a scholarship[4] which enabled her to pursue postgraduate studies at the School of Oriental & African Studies of the University of London in the United Kingdom where she obtained her PhD in Phonetics and Linguistics in with a dissertation entitled "The phonetics and phonology of the verbal piece in the Asante dialect of Twi".[8][9]

Career

Florence Dolphyne was a lecturer and researcher.[7] Her first job was as a teacher at the Labone Senior High School in Accra for a year.

After her postgraduate studies, she joined the academic staff of the University of Ghana in September She was one of the founding members of the Department of Linguistics and Ghanaian Languages of the University of Ghana. She was joined by one other Ghanaian, Lawrence Boadi and some expatriates, Alan Duthie, Mrs. McCallien, Lindsay Criper and Helmut Truteneau.[10] She rose to become the Head of the Linguistics Department, a position she held on two separate occasions.

She also became Senior Tutor and Warden of Volta Hall, the only female hall of residence at the time.[4] Florence Dolphyne was appointed Professor of Linguistics in [11] She also served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university. She was awarded an honorary doctorate () by the University of Ghana in [8]

Other activities

Florence Dolphyne was a founding member, with Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu and others, of the Linguistic Circle of Accra in , which evolved into the Linguistic Association of Ghana.[12] She was also involved with the West African Linguistics Society[8] and served as its president.[13]

Florence Dolphyne has been the chairperson of the National Council for Women and Development in Ghana.

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She has also been one of the commissioners who sat on the National Reconciliation Commission ( to ) which looked into the effects of military rule on people in Ghana.[4] She has also been first and second Vice President of the Bible Society of Ghana. She was also a member of the Methodist University College Council and has been a Conference Member of Methodist Church, Ghana since [8]

Dolphyne has also held visiting scholar positions at various institutions including University of Ibadan in Nigeria, Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone, Michigan State University and University of California, Los Angeles in the United States.

She is a Fulbright Senior Scholar. She has been the Chairperson of the Ghana Education Service between and She has also been a board member of the Ghana Education Trust Fund and VALCO Trust Fund.[8]

Honours

Florence Dolphyne was the first woman to be appointed a Professor in Ghana.[6] She was the first female pro-vice chancellor of the University of Ghana as well.[14]

The University of Ghana organised an event themed “New Frontiers in Language Studies in Ghana” on the occasion of her 80th birthday to honour her.[6]

A special issue of the Ghana Journal of Linguistics dedicated to Professor Dolphyne appeared in [15]

Family

Florence Dolphyne was the first surviving child born to her parents.

Her father was a Methodist minister from the Nzema people of Esiama in the Western Region of Ghana. Her mother was from Achinakrom near Ejisu. She had a sister and three brothers.

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She married Kofi Dolphyne, an aircraft engineer whom she met in London.[4]

Some publications

See also

References

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Relevant literature

  • Machado-Guichon, M. (). Reimagining African womanhood in an unjust world order: Exploring the writings of Ghanaian women’s rights advocates, s–s. Africa (Cambridge University Press), 93(2), doi/S

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