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Hannah Asamoah Affum (BSc,    Akua Asare (née Ampofo-
                                             MPhil, PhD)                   Twumasi)
                                             Applied Nuclear Physicist, Ghana   Entrepreneur
                                             Atomic Energy
                                             Commission, Accra
                                                                           Ward-Brew House (Block L); S1
                                                                           Class (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
                                             Ellis House; M1 Class (Physics,   Bell Ringer; Member of the Cadet
                                             Chemistry, Mathematics)
                                                                           Corps;
                                             Member of the School Volley Ball Team;
                                             Scripture Union Member        Alumna of Acadia University, Canada
                                                                           (BA Political Science & Economics)
                                             Alumna of Kwame Nkrumah University   and St. Mary’s University (MSc
                                             of Science & Technology (BSc in   International Development Studies)
                                             Chemical Engineering); University
                                             of Ghana (MPhil in Environmental   Interests: Putting outfits together
                                             Science); University of Ghana/
                                             International Centre for Theoretical   am selective when it comes to
                                             Physics (ICTP, Italy) [PhD in Applied   I memories about Wesley Girls.
                                             Nuclear Physics]              What
                                                                           I will never forget is the night Mrs.
                                             Fellow of S.T.E.P and IAEA    Hutchful chased me from Block C to
                                                                           Wardbrew 2nd floor dorm and I lay
                                             Interests: Singing; Listening to Foreign   down and feigned sleep! I just refused
                                             Gospel Music; Jogging         to wake up and she kept saying this is the morning coat I saw, I know it. How I stopped
            nytime I see or pick up a scrubbing brush at home, I remember Wey Gey Hey! I particularly
        Aremember how Miss Wofessor, the then Housemistress and leader of the inspection team on   myself from laughing I do not know!
         Saturdays, would stand on the first floor balcony overlooking the gutter behind Ellis House and
         ask whether toothbrushes were used in scrubbing! This was simply because from where the team   There were some unpleasant memories and some painful ones, but in hindsight they were
         stood, they did not see the glistening of the gutter water under the sunlight! Hmm!! That was the   worth it. I am extremely proud to be an Old Girl of Wesley Girls’ High School and I am
         benchmark then and still is for me!                               grateful for every single lesson I learned willingly or otherwise. Those lessons formed the
                                                                           foundation on which I have built my life; a life I am proud of and give Glory to God for.
         I learnt to neatly organize my then little life in Wesley Girls’ High School. And I believe with
         all my heart that without this high standard of training in this unique school, my present life   After surviving my first year at the School, I told my sister that I know I can and will survive
         would be a struggle with having to effectively juggle the combination of family – two beautiful   anything in life. Not only have I survived the curve balls life has thrown my way, but I have
         girls (Aseye and Alesi Tamakloe) and the handsome handful, Woedem Tamakloe as well as my   found strength to thrive and come out on top.
         all supportive and loving husband Emmanuel Tamakloe (Pastor/Pharmacist), career with all its
         travel demands, and church activities.                            As Eleanor Roosevelt states: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience
                                                                           in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I have lived
         I am first and foremost inspired by God through His Spirit, and then by Prof. F. K. Allotey whose   through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. I must do the thing I think I
         humility and sense of duty is unparalleled.                       cannot do.”




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