Grace Omaboe
Veteran Ghanaian actress, Grace Omaboe, popularly known as Maame Dokono, has opened up about the collapse of one of her marriages, blaming it on interference from family members.
Speaking at ‘A Convergence of Mothers’, an event organised by media personality MzGee, the actress advised couples not to allow family influence to dictate their marital decisions.
“My advice to you is do not listen to the family. If you listen to your family, your marriage will collapse. Mine collapsed because I listened to family,” she revealed.
Maame Dokono, who has six children with three different men, shared personal experiences from her journey through motherhood and marriage. She recounted the difficult birth of her twins and how she initially vowed not to have more children. However, she later had two more children in a second marriage she described as “so nice” until it was disrupted by family interference.
“We went abroad and enjoyed the marriage, but it collapsed,” she said, without specifying whether the pressure came from her family or her partner’s.
Despite the collapse, she did not give up on love. “When it collapsed, I was 40 years old… I met another man and gave birth to two more children and that made it six.”
Maame Dokono also emphasised the importance of mothers caring for their children personally, warning against leaving them in the hands of others.
The event, themed, ‘Yesterday’s Daughters, Today’s Mothers’, brought together women from different generations to reflect on motherhood in Ghana. Discussions focused on legal rights, mental health, adolescent challenges, special needs, and the modern education system.