Imoro Muniratu
{{Short description|Ghanaian food vendor (1951/1952–2024)}}
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| caption = Aunti Munie
| birth_name = Imoro Muniratu
| birth_date = 1950s
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| death_date = 3 January 2024
| death_place = University of Ghana Medical Centre
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| known_for = her food(Waakye)
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| nationality = Ghanaian
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Auntie Muni (born Imoro Muniratu, 1951/1952 – 3 January 2024) was a Ghanaian food vendor renowned for her waakye, a popular Ghanaian dish consisting of rice and beans.{{Cite web |date=3 January 2024 |title=Renowned waakye seller Auntie Muni passes away aged 72 - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/renowned-waakye-seller-auntie-muni-passes-away-aged-72/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=3 January 2024 |title=Famous Ghanaian waakye seller Auntie Muni is dead |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Famous-Ghanaian-waakye-seller-Auntie-Muni-is-dead-1906919 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1283292/popular-waakye-seller-auntie-muni-has-passed.html|title=Popular Waakye seller Auntie Muni has passed on}} She operated her stall in Accra, Ghana, for over 35 years, becoming a beloved figure and garnering national recognition for her culinary expertise and warm personality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/auntie-muni-the-famous-ghanaian-waakye-seller-in-accra-passes-on-at-age-72.html|title=Auntie Muni the famous Ghanaian waakye seller in Accra passes away at age 72 - Graphic Online}}{{Cite web |last=Dzakpata |first=Fred |date=3 January 2024 |title=Celebrated waakye seller Auntie Muni has died |url=https://www.asaaseradio.com/celebrated-waakye-seller-auntie-muni-has-died/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Asaase Radio |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=3 January 2024 |title=Popular Waakye seller Auntie Muni dead |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2024/01/popular-waakye-seller-auntie-muni-dead/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}} The queues at her stall in Accra were well known. She died in hospital after a short illness.{{Cite web |last=razak.bawa |date=2024-01-03 |title=Popular Wakye seller, Auntie Muni, dies at 72 |url=https://theheraldghana.com/popular-wakye-seller-auntie-muni-dies-at-72/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=The Herald ghana |language=en-US}} According to her son Araphat, wrong medication was probably given at the first Hospital.
QR payments at Auntie Muni
On 19 November 2020, Ghana's vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia launched Ghana's Universal Quick Response Code (QR Code) system at Auntie Muni's Joint.{{Cite web |last=info@theghanareport.com |first=Aba Asamoah / |date=19 November 2020 |title=Bawumia buys Auntie Muni's waakye with QR Code as Ghana launches payment system |url=https://www.theghanareport.com/bawumia-buys-auntie-munis-waakye-with-qr-code-as-ghana-launches-payment-system/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=The Ghana Report |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=GNA |date=19 November 2020 |title=Veep uses Universal QR Code to buy waakye |url=https://gna.org.gh/2020/11/veep-uses-universal-qr-code-to-buy-waakye/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Ghana News Agency |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=Dr Bawumia Buys Waakye To Demonstrate How Universal QR Code Is Used For Non-banking Transaction |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/business/news/202011/432847.php |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news}}{{Cite web |last=admin |date=19 November 2020 |title=Dr.Bawumia unveils Ghana's QR Code, buys waakye by the roadside |url=https://www.thespectatoronline.com/dr-bawumia-unveils-ghanas-qr-code-buys-waakye-by-the-roadside/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=The Spectator |language=en}}
Personal life and death
Muniratu hailed from the city of Tamale, in the Northern Region of Ghana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1283373/popular-waakye-seller-auntie-muni-to-be-buried.html|title=Popular waakye seller Auntie Muni to be buried in Tamale}} She was a Muslim. Muniratu died on 3 January 2024, at the age of 72.{{Cite web |last=Larnyoh |first=Magdalene |date=4 January 2024 |title=Emotional moment as mourners gather to bid Auntie Muni farewell |url=https://yen.com.gh/people/248762-emotional-farewell-hundreds-gather-cantonments-mosque-bid-goodbye-auntie-muni/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=3 January 2024 |title=Watch as scores of mourners besiege Cantonments Police Mosque to bid farewell to the late Auntie Muni |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Watch-as-scores-of-mourners-besiege-Cantonments-Police-Mosque-to-bid-farewell-to-the-late-Auntie-Muni-1907144 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}The funeral rites for Hajia Imoro Muniratu, popularly known as auntie Muni was buried on Sunday 21st January 2025 after the final Islamic prayers for Auntie Muniat at cantonment police Mosque.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-19 |title=Final funeral rites for Auntie Muni announced - Adomonline.com |url=https://www.adomonline.com/final-funeral-rites-for-auntie-muni-announced/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |language=en-US}}
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:20th-century Ghanaian businesswomen