JOHN VAN DER PUIJE John van der Puije (March 18, 1848-September 12, 1925) was an Accra merchant, divisional chief, member of the Gold Coast Legislative...

‘Uthman Abu Bakr Diqna “ ‘Uthman Digna” (c.1840-1926) was one of the ‘Amils (Provincial Governors) of the Mahdist State in the Sudan (1885-1898).   His ancestors...

AUGUSTUS WILLIAM KOJO THOMPSON Augustus William Kojo Thompson (1880-February 26, 1950), generally known as Kojo Thompson, was a lawyer, a radical nationalist politician, and a...

LAWSON, T.G. Thomas George Lawson (circa 1814-June 1891) was a chief’s son who became the first official interpreter and messenger operating between the colonial administration...

Tetteh Quarshie (1842-1892) is acknowledged to be the man who made cocoa cultivation a prosperous industry in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), and so laid...