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Kennedy Johnson

The inspiring story of how a teen mom in foster care in Detroit rose to become a Ghanaian queen

The inspiring story of how a teen mom in foster care in Detroit rose to become a Ghanaian queen

In February 1996, 15-year-old Kennedy Johnson gave birth to a baby girl in a Detroit foster home for teen moms. Fast forward 25 years, and Johnson found herself in northern Ghana, being crowned a queen—a journey she never could have imagined. In October 2021, Johnson was honored with the title “Zosimli Naa” in front of…

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