Molly Germaine Prempeh (born 1947) is a

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-born

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

princess. She is the daughter of Princess Hugette and the great-granddaughter of

Prempeh I Prempeh I (Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I; 18 December 1870 – 12 May 1931) was the thirteenth king ruler of the Ashanti Empire and the Oyoko Abohyen Dynasty. King Prempeh I ruled from March 26, 1888 until his death in 1931, and fought an Ashanti war ag ...

, who was banished together with his family in 1900 by the British. In 2015, she was known to have visited the Seychelles to reconnect with members of her family, after being absent for about 60 years from her birth country.

Visit to the Seychelles

Germaine Prempeh was born in the

but lived in

Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

for almost 68 years. In February 2015 she visited Seychelles for the first time after being absent for a very long time to reconnect with her family. Upon her arrival at the airport in

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, she was met by her cousin, Marie-Rose Mahoune, the daughter of her late aunt Sylvia Prempeh. When she met the rest of her family members, they were surprised that she could speak Creole. During her stay in the Seychelles, she visited the burial ground of her ancestors back on the Seychelles and the two-storey villa at Le Rocher, formerly referred to as the '' Ashanti camp.''

Personal life

She is the mother of six children and grandmother to fourteen grandchildren.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prempeh, Molly Germaine 1947 births Living people Ghanaian royalty