A professor of Sociology from Morehouse College, Prof Cynthia Marie Hewitt has called on all Africans both indigenes and Diasporas to revere African Queen Mothers especially for their roles in ensuring good governance in our societies.
Nana Ohemaas or queen mothers in Ghana are on the front line in the struggle to provide social security, education, enlightenment and opportunity to millions of rural and indigenous language speaking people who are the social base of the African society.

Speaking at the first ever All African Diaspora Education Summit held at the University of Cape Coast, Prof Hewitt mentioned among many things some of the responsibilities and efforts the various queen mothers have put in to ensure that we have a very strong African community.
She also mentioned that in the chronicling of history and the African narrative it is imperative that the strong figure behind the leader, his mother is mentioned and acknowledged.
“It is very important that if we have a leader, we also know the leaders mother. It is not only that we know the leader’s teacher, the leader’s king or any other person, but most importantly, the mother of the leader must be known. This is because she had something to say about what would happen in the society and the future of her child who now happens to be the leader”.

Highlighting the essence and strong role Queen mothers play in our traditional society, Prof Cynthia Hewitt made it known that it is the responsible of the Queen mothers to groom the young King into a very resourceful ruler, whom many admire for his leadership skills.
“Even today, we can learn from the Nana Hemaa’s that they occupy the very topmost place in grooming the Nana Ohene’s. As he ascends the throne, he is not groomed by the men, he is groomed by the Queen mother, the Nana Ohemaa” she indicated.

Unlike the privileges that most European Queens benefit from, the African Queen mothers do not have same luxury. She therefore explained that it is a very difficult work that is embedded in a lot of responsibility looking that the very essential role they play in the society.

“Some people think to be a Queen, it is to be privileged. You wear fancy clothes and you are treated like a princess. To be a Queen mother is to take care of the society and to take on many responsibilities. So to be a Queen mother it is not like something that is fanciful, but to be a very responsible leader”.