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Pobee Biney
Alfred Pobee Biney was born in Cape Coast on 13 January 1914. Biney went to the Government school in Cape Coast. He joined Ghana Railways in April 1935 becoming a locomotive engineer driver. He joined the radical railway and harbour workers union, considered to be one of the most radical unions in the Gold Coast (present day Ghana) at the time. Biney lived next to Nana Kobina Nketsia IV, the Omanhene of Essikadu who was a supporter of Positive Action. Biney first met Kwame Nkrumah in December 1947 when Nkrumah arrived at Takoradi on his way back from the United Kingdom to take up the role of general secretary for the United Gold Coast Convention forging a political relationship which lasted a few years. Biney had been a member of the West African Youth League and was a leading member in the Sekondi-Takoradi branch. Trade Union Activities Biney emerged as a natural trade unionist, someone who would speak up for the rights of workers without prompting. This led workers with grieva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast (British Colony)
The Gold Coast was a British Empire, British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. The term Gold Coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the administration of the Governor of the Gold Coast. These were the Gold Coast itself, Ashanti (Crown Colony), Ashanti, the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Northern Territories protectorate and the British Togoland, British Togoland trust territory. The first European explorers to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil. In 1483, the Portuguese came to the continent for increased trade. They built the Castle of Elmina, the first European settlement on the Gold Coast. From here they acquired slavery, slaves and gold in trade for European goods, such as metal knives, beads, mirrors, rum, and guns. News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omanhene
In several Akan nations of Ghana, the Omanhene (''Pl. Amanhene)'' is the title of a magnate or a supreme traditional ruler ('king') in a region or a larger town. The omanhene is the central figure and institution of the nation. Officially, he has no function in the current Ghanaian political setup, but, has enormous influence on the people that constitute it. Today 'Hene' can be found in titles of other rulers in Ghanaian nations. For example, the chief of the Dagomba in the north of Ghana is known as the 'Dagombahene'. The Akan omanhene and collectively the ''Ahemfo'' are major land owners, and are the heads of an essentially feudal system. They commit the land they theoretically hold in trust to caretakers. Amanhene are appointed by ''Ahemma (''queen mothers) that are often but not necessarily their birth mothers, but are always a direct matrilineal relative. Dynastic succession tends to follow a matrilineal pattern. The exception to this is found, though, in a few Akan states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essikado
Essikado is an Ahanta town in the Western region of Ghana. It is 12 kilometres from the centre Takoradi and 3 minutes drive from Sekondi.The Western region capital. It is used mainly as a dormitory town for various workers who work in the regional capital and its environs. The town is in the Essikado-Ketan constituency of Ghana. Grace Ayensu Danquah is the current member of parliament for Essikado Parliament of Ghana The Parliament of Ghana is the unicameral legislature of Ghana. It consists of 276 members, who are elected for four-year terms in single-seat Electoral district, constituencies using a first-past-the-post voting system. History Legislature, L ... Boundaries The town is bordered on Ngyiresia on the East, Ketan on the West, Kojokrom on the North and Gulf of Guinea and Sekondi on the south. Notable places The Essikado Government Hospital is one of the major health centres in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The health facility offers a wide range of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Positive Action Campaign
The Positive Action campaign was a series of anti-imperialist and pro-independence protests and strikes during 1950 in the Gold Coast, a British colony that would later become Ghana. The campaign was marked by a general strike where workers demanded self-governance from the British Empire. The Positive Action campaign served as an early step in the Ghanaian independence movement. Several of its lead figures, including Ghanaian politician Kwame Nkrumah and senior officials within the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) were jailed by British colonial authorities for their involvement in the campaign. Launch of Positive Action At midnight on 6 January 1950 the Trade Union Congress (TUC) declared a general strike triggering Kwame Nkrumah to announce the start of the Positive Action campaign at a mass rally on 8 January. Positive Action was launched to fight imperialism and demand "self government now" and independence from colonial rule by the British. through a campaign of nonv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwame Nkrumah
Francis Kwame Nkrumah (, 21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from United Kingdom, Britain. He was then the first Prime Minister of Ghana, 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 Organisation of African Unity, Organization of African Unity (OAU) and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962. After twelve years abroad pursuing higher education, developing Nkrumaism, his political philosophy, and organizing with other diasporic pan-Africanists, Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast to begin his political career as an advocate of national independence. He formed the Convention People's Party, which achieved rapid success through its unprecedented appeal to the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekondi-Takoradi
Sekondi-Takoradi ( ) is a city in Ghana comprising the Twin cities (geographical proximity), twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region (Ghana), Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city as well as an Industrial city, industrial and commercial center with a population of 245,382 people, according to the 2021 census. Since 2021 the mayor of the city and the metropolitan area has been Abdul-Mumin Issah. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is the current member of parliament for Takoradi and Armah Blay Nyameke for Sekondi. Both cities grew from Dutch and English forts built around the 17th century. After a railway and a List of deep water ports, deepwater Port, seaport was built in Sekondi and Takoradi in 1903 and 1928, both cities became important economic sectors in Ghana. They merged in 1946. Leading industries in the city are timber, Cocoa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Gold Coast Convention
The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was an early nationalist movement British colony of the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana) that sought independence after the Second World War. It was founded in August 1947 with the aim of self-government "in the shortest possible time" by educated Africans such as J.B. Danquah, A.G. Grant, R.A. Awoonor-Williams, Edward Akufo Addo (all lawyers except for Grant, who was a wealthy businessman), and others. The leadership of the organization called for the replacement of Chiefs on the Legislative Council with educated persons. 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. History In the 1940s, African merchants, such as George Alfred G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West African Youth League
The West African Youth League (WAYL) was a political organisation founded by Bankole Awoonor-Renner, Ellis Brown, I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson and Robert Ben Wuta-Ofei in the Gold Coast in 1934.. The group was a major political force against the colonial government in West Africa, especially in the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone. Awoonor-Renner was elected as the first President of the WAYL. Branches of the WAYL were organised in several towns and cities across the Gold Coast including Accra, Akuse, Axim, Cape Coast, Elmina,Salt Pond, Sekondi and Takoradi. The League was the first political movement in the region "to recruit women into the main membership and the decision-making bodies of the organisation". Mary Lokko served as Wallace-Johnson's assistant for a time beginning in 1936, becoming likely the first woman in West Africa to hold a position in a political organization. In 1936 Eleanor Rathbone, an independent British Member of Parliament (MP), asked a question in the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Woode
Anthony Kobina Woode was born on 1 February 1923. A trade unionist, he actively participated in the movement for independence in the Gold Coast, later to become Ghana. Political activity Woode met Kwame Nkrumah when Nkrumah arrived in the Gold Coast from Britain in December 1948 to take up the role of General Secretary of the United Gold Coast Convention. Political differences began to emerge within the convention, leading to younger members breaking away to form the Convention People's Party (CPP) in June 1949. Nkrumah became the chairman, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah the vice-chairman, and Kojo Botsio secretary of the CPP. Woode joined the Sekondi branch of the CPP. He was elected General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in August 1949, aged just 23. Pobee Biney, who became a close friend and associate of Woode, was elected Vice-President and together they forged the radical nationalist tendency, along with several others, in both the TUC and CPP. Woode helped negotiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bedford Van Lare
William Bedford Van Lare CMG (1904-1969) was a Ghanaian jurist and diplomat; he was justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana in the first republic and Ghana's High Commissioner to Canada in the NLC regime. Early life and education William was born in 1904 at Kpong in the Volta Region to William Ludwig Van Lare, Esq. (A merchant) and Wilhemina Fiawonu Van Lare (''née'' Amegashie) both of Keta. He had his early education at Bremen Mission School, Keta and his secondary education at Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast. He obtained his bachelor of Laws degree from the University College, London a constituent college of the University of London and continued his studies at Lincoln's Inn, London for his Barrister-at-Law certificate. Career He taught at Mfantsipim School and Government schools in Accra and Obo before his law studies abroad. He was called to the bar in 1937 and worked in chambers with his friend Kofi Adumua Bossman who also became a Supreme Court Judge. In 1943, he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of MLAs Elected In The 1951 Gold Coast General Election
This is a list of members elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast in 1951. There were 38 members elected directly by the general population and 37 others elected by territorial councils. In addition, three ex-officio members were appointed by the Governor of the Gold Coast and six others representing commercial interests. The CPP won all of the five seats from the urban areas and 29 of the 33 seats from the rural areas. It also had the support of enough of the members representing the territorial council to control a total of 56 out of the 84 seats in the assembly.McGinnis, M.D. (1999Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop/ref> Composition List of MPs elected in the general election The following table is a list of MPs elected on 8 February 1951 in the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast. __NOTOC__ See also *Parliament of Ghana * 1951 Gold Coast legislative election References External links Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
