Nana Ama Achiaa
Title of Office
Dabehemaa, Atebubu Traditional Area
Stool Name: Nana Ama Achiaa
Private Name: Ama Achiaa
Date of Enstoolment: 13 April 2016
Traditional Status: Sub-Divisional Queenmother
Biographical Profile
Nana Ama Achiaa, is known privately as Ama Achiaa. She hails from the Asona clan, one of the ancient matrilineal royal groups of the Akan. She is married to Mr. Yaw Amponsah Smith of Asante Mampong, and their marriage has been blessed with two sons.
Nana currently occupies the Dabehemaa stool and serves as the Queenmother responsible for that sub-division within the Atebubu Traditional Area. Prior to her elevation, she served diligently as Kyeremimhemaa for eight years.
Following her elevation in 2024, she has been historically recognized as the first Queenmother to assume the Dabehemaa office since its establishment, giving her a pioneering role in its traditional history.
She is the daughter of the late Adwoa Nyamekye of Boniafo and the late Opanin Kofi Kodua of Nsuta Beposo. Her formal education began at the Presbyterian Primary School, where she also obtained her Middle School Leaving Certificate.
Nana maintains deep interest in traditional culture, particularly in indigenous dance and music, with Adowa being her preferred art form. Though calm, private and often solitary in disposition, she is respected for her modesty, humility and composure in leadership. Trading remains her primary economic activity and source of livelihood.