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.
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana,Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
The Nzema are an Akan people numbering about 328,700,of whom 262,000 live in southwestern Ghana and 66,700 live in the southeast of Côte d'Ivoire. In Ghana the Nzema area is divided into three electoral districts:Nzema East Municipal,also known as Evalue Gwira;Ellembele;and Nzema West,also known as Jomoro. Their language is also known as Nzima or Appolo.
The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was first 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.
Helena Ritz Fathia Nkrumah,born Fathia Halim Rizk,was an Egyptian,and the First Lady of the newly independent Ghana as the wife of Kwame Nkrumah,its first president.
Yaw Osafo-Maafo is a Ghanaian politician who was appointed in April as the senior presidential advisor to the Akufo-Addo Administration 2021. He was Senior Minister of the Republic of Ghana in the Akufo-Addo Administration from 2017 to 2021. He was Member of Parliament for Akim Oda from 1997 to 2009,and previously served as Finance Minister and in other cabinet roles in the Kufuor Administration between 2001 and 2009.
Paa Kwesi Nduom or Papa Kwesi Nduom,is a Ghanaian business consultant,politician,and founding member of Ghana's Progressive People's Party. A three-time candidate for president,he was the member of parliament for the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem constituency and served as minister of state in the Kufuor government.
Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah,originally known as John Ernest Jantuah,was a Ghanaian politician,lawyer and diplomat.
Lee Tandoh Ocran was a Ghanaian politician who served as Minister for Education of Ghana from 2012 to 2013. Ocran was appointed Minister by President John Atta Mills in February 2012 in a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Betty Mould-Iddrisu from the government and the sacking of Martin Amidu.
Michael Abu Sakara Foster is a Ghanaian agronomist and politician. He was the candidate of the Convention People's Party for the Ghanaian presidential election in December 2012.
Founders' Day is a national public holiday observed to commemorate the contributions of all the people,notably the "Big Six" who led the struggle for Ghana's independence. The Founder's Day was formerly called "Founder's Day" with the letter "S" appearing after an apostrophe and it was celebrated to earmark the achievements of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is a Ghanaian lawyer,women's rights activist,and a politician who has been actively involved in politics and public service representing Ablekuma West Constituency. She is currently the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation.
Ivor Kobina Greenstreet(born 31 May 1966) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was the Presidential candidate for the Convention People's Party (CPP) in the 2020 Ghanaian general election.
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.
Paul Essien is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.
Francis Kabenlah Anaman is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He represented the Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Dorcas Affo-Toffey is a Ghanaian entrepreneur,philanthropist and politician. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). She is the member of parliament for the Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region.
Agyeman Badu Akosa is a Ghanaian pathologist,academic,politician and social commentator. He served as the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service from 2002 to 2006. He is a member of the Convention People's Party and is a well-known strong Nkrumaist who believes in the ideals of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah its founder. He contested for the Party's presidential candidate ahead the 2008 General elections and lost to Dr. Paa Kwesi Ndoum. He is a professor of Pathology. He is an advocate on lifestyle issues.
The Ghanaian anti-LGBT bill is a proposed law in Ghana that would introduce wide-ranging restrictions on LGBT+ rights. The bill was approved by the Parliament of Ghana on 28 February 2024,and will come into effect if signed into law by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
