Radical Midwives. In 2004 she was appointed OBE in recognition of her services to midwifery education. She was initially sceptical about the "British Empire" connotations of the award, but a visiting relative persuaded her to accept the honour. In 2008, she joined the board of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. In 2010, she was made a fellow of the Royal College of Midwives, and the University of London made her its first emeritus fellow. Death Opoku died of cancer on 17 December 2010. In 2018, The Iolanthe Midwifery Trust established the Dora Opoku Award for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students and midwives. References 1948 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Ghanaian educators British midwives Deaths from cancer Ghanaian emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Accra