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Mercy Oduyoye, director of the Institute of African Women in Religion and Culture at Trinity Theological Seminary in Ghana, talks about #FaithInChange..
Mercy Amba Oduyoye is Director of the Institute of Women in Religion and Culture at Trinity Theological Seminary in Legon, Ghana.
Mercy Oduyoye
Ghanaian theologian
Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye (néeYamoah; born 21 October ) is a Ghanaian Methodist theologian known for her work in African women's theologies and theological anthropology.
She is currently the Director of the Institute of African Women in Religion and Culture at Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana. She founded the Circle of Concerned African Theologians in Ghana in to promote the visibility and publishing agenda of African women Theologians.
Early life
Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye was born on 21 October to Akan parents Charles Kwaw Yamoah and Mercy Yaa Dakwaa Yamoah in Brong Asante village. She was born on her grandfather's cocoa farm on Amoanna, near Asamankese, Ghana, as the eldest of nine siblings.[1] The name Ewudziwa is of Akan origin and was given to her in honor of her grandfather.
Her father was an ordained Methodist minister and teacher who became the third President of the Conference Methodist Church in Ghana from –