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William Ofori Atta

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Nana William Ofori Atta (10 October 1910 – 14 July 1988), popularly called "Paa Willie", was a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention and was one of "The Big Six" detained by the British colonial government in Ghana (then Gold Coast).He was also one of the founding fathers of Ghana. [1]

33 relations: Accra, Achimota School, Akan Chieftaincy, Akan people, Akyem Abuakwa, Ghana, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ghanaian general election, 1979, Gold Coast (British colony), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, J. B. Danquah, Kibi, Ghana, Kofi Abrefa Busia, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah, List of heads of state of Ghana, Matrilineality, Mfantsipim School, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana), Nathan Apea Aferi, Ofori Atta I, Ofori-Atta, Progress Party (Ghana), Queens' College, Cambridge, Reginald Reynolds Amponsah, Supreme Military Council (Ghana), Susan Ofori-Atta, The Big Six (Ghana), United Gold Coast Convention, United National Convention, United Party (Ghana), University of Ghana, Victor Owusu.

Accra

Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, covering an area of with an estimated urban population of 2.27 million.

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Achimota School

Achimota School (formerly Prince of Wales College and School, Achimota, now nicknamed Motown), is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana.

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Akan Chieftaincy

In many parts of West Africa, there is an old chieftaincy tradition, and the Akan people have developed their own hierarchy, which exists alongside the democratic structure of the country.

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Akan people

The Akan are a meta-ethnicity predominantly speaking Central Tano languages and residing in the southern regions of the former Gold Coast region in what is today the nation of Ghana.

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Akyem Abuakwa

Akyem Abuakwa describes a Akyem an Akan people traditional entity in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) is an arts and science institution of Ghana, based in the capital Accra.

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Ghanaian general election, 1979

General elections were held in Ghana on 18 June 1979, with a second round of the presidential election on 9 July 1979.

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Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.

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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong

Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (23 September 1931 – 26 June 1979) was a military head of state of Ghana who ruled from 13 January 1972 to 5 July 1978, when he was deposed in a palace coup.

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J. B. Danquah

Nana Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (18 December 1895 – 4 February 1965) was a Ghanaian statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar, lawyer, historian and one of the founding fathers of Ghana.

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Kibi, Ghana

Kibi or Kyebi is a town and the capital of the East Akim Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana, on the eastern slopes of the Atewa Range.

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Kofi Abrefa Busia

Kofi Abrefa Busia (11 July 1913 – 28 August 1978) was Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 to 1972.

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Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital is the premier health care facility in Ghana.

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Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah PC (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician and revolutionary.

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List of heads of state of Ghana

This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana, from the independence of Ghana in 1957 to the present day.

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Matrilineality

Matrilineality is the tracing of descent through the female line.

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Mfantsipim School

Mfantsipim is a high school in Cape Coast, in Ghana, established by the Methodist Church in 1876 as an all-boys secondary school dedicated to fostering intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, in the then Gold Coast.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the country's foreign policy and international diplomacy.

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Nathan Apea Aferi

Major General Nathan Apea Aferi (September 1923 – 8 April 2003) was a soldier and politician in Ghana.

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Ofori Atta I

Nana Sir Ofori Atta I, KBE (11 October 1881 – 21 August 1943) was the Okyenhene or King of Akyem Abuakwa, one of the largest and wealthiest kingdoms of the then Gold Coast Colony, from his election in 1912 until his death in 1943.

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Ofori-Atta

The Ofori-Atta family is composed of the bearers of an Akan language patronymic surname and their relatives.

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Progress Party (Ghana)

The Progress Party (PP) was the ruling party in Ghana during the Second Republic (1969 - 1972).

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Queens' College, Cambridge

Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Reginald Reynolds Amponsah

Reginald Reynolds Amponsah (30 December 1919 – 3 June 2009) was a potter and politician in Ghana.

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Supreme Military Council (Ghana)

The Supreme Military Council (SMC) was the ruling government of Ghana from October 9, 1975 to June 4, 1979.

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Susan Ofori-Atta

Susan Barbara Gyankorama Ofori-Atta also de-Graft Johnson (1917 – 1985) was a Ghanaian medical doctor - the first female doctor on the Gold Coast.

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The Big Six (Ghana)

The Big Six were six leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), the leading political party in the British colony of the Gold Coast.

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United Gold Coast Convention

The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was a political party whose aim was to bring about Ghanaian independence from their British colonial masters after the Second World War.

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United National Convention

The United National Convention (UNC) was a political party in Ghana during the Third Republic (1979–1981).

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United Party (Ghana)

The United Party was the main opposition party in the First Republic of Ghana.

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University of Ghana

The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian public universities.

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Victor Owusu

For the rapper with the same birth name, see V.I.C.. Victor Owusu (26 December 1923 – 16 December 2000) was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ofori_Atta

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