Francis Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician,political theorist,and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957,when it gained independence from Britain. He was then the first Prime Minister and then the President of Ghana,from 1957 until 1966. An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism,Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.
Alex Quaison-Sackey was a Ghanaian diplomat who served during the first and third republics. He was the first black African to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly.
Kojo Botsio was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician. He studied in Britain,where he became the treasurer of the West African National Secretariat and an acting warden for the West African Students' Union. He served as his country's first Minister of Education and Social Welfare from 1951,as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice in the government of Kwame Nkrumah,and was a leading figure in the ruling Convention People's Party (CPP).
The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was an early nationalist movement with the aim of self-government " in the shortest possible time" founded in August 1947 by educated Africans such as J.B. Danquah,A.G. Grant,R.A. Awoonor-Williams,Edward Akufo Addo,and others,the leadership of the organisation called for the replacement of Chiefs on the Legislative Council with educated persons. whose aim was to bring about Ghanaian independence from their British colonial masters after the Second World War. The United Gold Coast Convention appointed its leaders to include Kwame Nkrumah,who was the Secretary General. However,upon an allegation for plans against Nkrumah's leadership,he was arrested and jailed. The UGCC leadership broke up and Kwame Nkrumah went on a separate way to set up the Convention People's Party (CPP) for the purpose of self-governance. The UGCC was founded in Saltpond.
Ako Adjei,was a Ghanaian statesman,politician,lawyer and journalist. He was a member of the United Gold Coast Convention and one of six leaders who were detained during Ghana's struggle for political independence from Britain,a group famously called The Big Six. He has been recognized as a founding father of Ghana for his active participation in the immediate politics of Ghana's pre-independence era. Adjei became a member of parliament as a Convention People's Party candidate in 1954 and held ministerial offices until 1962 when as Minister for Foreign Affairs he was wrongfully detained for the Kulungugu bomb attack.
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke,the Governor-General. His first government under colonial rule started from 21 March 1952 until independence. His first independent government took office on 6 March 1957. From 1 July 1960,Ghana became a republic and Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana.
George Alfred Grant,popularly known as Paa Grant,was a merchant and politician in the Gold Coast who has been called "the father of Gold Coast politics". As a political activist,he was a founder and the first president of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in August 1947. He was also one of Ghana's Founding Fathers. He paid for Kwame Nkrumah to return to Ghana from the United States.
Mfantsiman Municipal Assembly is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region,Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Mfantsiman District,which was created from the former Mfantsiman District Council;until it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become Mfantsiman Municipal District. However,on 28 June 2012,the eastern part of the district was split off to create Ekumfi District;thus,the remaining part has been retained as the Mfantsiman Municipal Assembly. The municipality is located in the southwest part of Central Region and has Saltpond as its capital town.
Ghana gained independence from the British on 6 March 1957. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The country became a republic on July 1,1960.
Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey was a Ghanaian mathematical physicist. Together with Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong,he became the first Ghanaian to obtain a doctorate in mathematical sciences,earned in 1966.
Archibald "Archie" Casely-Hayford was a British-trained Ghanaian barrister and politician,who was involved in nationalist politics in the former Gold Coast. Having joined the Convention People's Party (CPP),in 1951 he was elected Municipal Member for Kumasi and was appointed by Kwame Nkrumah Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the government of the First Republic. When Nkrumah declared Ghana's Independence on 6 March 1957,he was photographed on the podium flanked by Casely-Hayford,together with Kojo Botsio,Komla Agbeli Gbedemah,Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck and Krobo Edusei.
Akua Asabea Ayisi was a feminist,former High Court Judge and the first female Ghanaian journalist. During the rise of the Ghanaian independence movement,Akua Asabea Ayisi trained as a journalist with Mabel Dove-Danquah and Kwame Nkrumah,who would later become the country's first prime minister and president.
Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck (1915–1972) was a Ghanaian politician and a diplomat. He was a member of the Convention People's Party and minister of state in the first republic. He was briefly resident minister of Ghana in Guinea and also resident minister of Ghana in Congo.
Robert Samuel Blay,was a Ghanaian barrister and judge. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana during the First Republic. He is often referred to as the first Nzema lawyer. He was president of the Ghana Bar Association on two occasions and also a member of the first board of directors of the Bank of Ghana.
Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah was a Ghanaian chemist and politician. He occupied various ministerial portfolios during the first republic. He was the first deputy speaker of parliament from 1965 to 1966.
Kwame Boahene Yeboah-Afari was an educator and a politician. He served in various ministerial portfolios of the first republic including serving as Ghana's first Minister for Agriculture and the first Regional Minister for the Brong Ahafo Region. He also served as a member of parliament for the Sunyani East constituency.
Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr,also known by the name Eddie Ampah,was a Ghanaian author and politician. He was the member of parliament for the Asebu constituency from 1965 to 1966.
Kobina Hagan (1923-1977) was a Ghanaian politician and teacher. He was the Principal Secretary for the Central Organisation of Sports (COS) from 1960 to 1963 and later member of parliament for the Denkyira constituency from 1965 to 1966.
Kojo Tsikata was a Ghanaian military officer and politician,who served as the Head of National Security and Foreign Affairs of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC). He was listed as a retired army captain in the Ghana Army.
Kweku Budu-Acquah was a Ghanaian politician and diplomat. He served as Ghana's first ambassador Somalia and Ghana's resident Minister in Guinea from 1962 to 1964. He served as Ambassador Extra Ordinary and Minister Plenipontentary from 1964 until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.
