GH TikToker Obiyaa Mabel dies after cancer battle, leaves behind a little child
On June 20, 2025, Ghanaian content creator and cancer awareness advocate Obiyaa Mabel Anim was confirmed dead following a difficult battle with a rare and aggressive form of stage 4 kidney cancer known as Adult Wilms’ Tumour.
Diagnosed in 2022 shortly after completing her degree at the University of Media and Communication (formerly GIJ), Obiyaa turned her painful journey into a platform for awareness, sharing raw and emotional accounts of her struggle.
“Cancer wasn’t something expected to happen to me. I always ask myself what went wrong. Though the signs were there, I never had a clue what was really happening,” she revealed in one of her widely-shared videos.
Adult Wilms’ Tumour, also called nephroblastoma, is extremely rare in adults, accounting for just about 3% of all known cases.
The disease ravaged her body over the months, and in her final video shared on June 9, Obiyaa was seen crying in pain, completely bald from treatment.