Susanna Al-Hassan Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

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Susanna Al-Hassan is a Ghanaian author and poet. She was born on 20 November 1927 in Accra, Ghana. She is best known for her novel, The Sun Will Rise Again, which was published in 1966. Al-Hassan was educated at Achimota School in Accra and later at the University of Ghana, Legon. She worked as a teacher and a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. Al-Hassan has written several books, including novels, short stories, and poetry. Her works have been translated into several languages, including French, German, and Spanish. She has also written plays for radio and television. Al-Hassan has received numerous awards for her work, including the Ghana National Order of Merit in 2000 and the Ghana Writers' Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. As of 2021, Susanna Al-Hassan's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

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Al-Hassan died on 17 January 1997. In 2007, she was commemorated on a 50th anniversary stamp by former President John Agyekum Kuffour, 10 years after her death.

A beneficiary of the 1960 Representation of the People's (Women Members) Bill, Al-Hassan was returned unopposed as an MP representing the Northern Region in June 1960. She took on various ministerial position, some of which lasted for short periods whiles others were merged or expanded. From 1961 to 1963, she was the Deputy Minister of Education in Nkrumah's republican government. From 1963 to 1966, and again in 1967, she was Minister of Social Affairs. In between that period in 1965, Nkrumah appointed her as Minister of Social Welfare and Community Development.

On the fight against prostitution in northern Ghana, in the 1960s, the CPP government engaged in mass education campaigns that emphasized the association of prostitution with "social evil", "enemy" and "crusade", among the aged and illiterate population. Al-Hassan asserted that the problem rather lay with "the soaring rate of depravity and lewdness among our younger generation especially school girls and young working girls" who traveled to Tamale for work or school.

Al-Hassan was born in Tamale and educated at Achimota School. From 1955 to 1960 she was headmistress of Bolgatanga Girls' Middle School. She is the mother of former GTV News anchor Selma Ramatu Alhassan who later became Selma Valcourt, Victor Alhassan of Sky Petroleum, Kassem Alhassan and Tihiiru Alhassan.

Susanna Al-Hassan or Susan Alhassan (27 November 1927 – 17 January 1997) was a Ghanaian author and politician, who in 1961 became Ghana's first female to be appointed minister. She was the first African woman to hold a cabinet portfolio and became the member of parliament for the then Northern Region parliamentary constituency between 1960 and 1966. She also wrote several children's books.