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Dr. Benjamin William Quartequaye Quartey-Papafio (June 25, 1859-September 14, 1924) served the Gold Coast administration as a medical officer from 1888-1905. Barred from promotion on racial...
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Nana Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Otumfuo Prempeh II (1892- May 27, 1970) was Asantehene (ruler of Asante) from 1935-1970, defending the institutions of traditional rule...
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Nana Agyemang Prempeh I (circa 1872-1931) was the Asantehene (ruler of the Asante) from 1888-1931. His reign was perhaps the most dramatic, the most eventful...
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Kwesi Plange (October 25, 1925-April 28, 1953) was a teacher and politician, who played an important role in Gold Coast politics during the last four...
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George Padmore (1903-September 23, 1959), born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, called the “father of African emancipation”, was one of a number of talented West Indians...
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Ahiakwa Otu (16? – Circa 1711) was a broker for the Dutch in Accra, who later became the Accra representative for the powerful state of...
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Osei Yaw Akoto (Circa 1800-1833) was Asantehene from 1824-1833. Although not usually numbered among the great Asante rulers, he decisively affected the course of the...
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Osei Tutu (16?-1717) was the founder of the Asante nation. With the help of Okomfo Anokye, the famous priest, he unified several mutually distrustful states...
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Theophilus Opoku (1824-July 7, 1913) in 1872 became the first African to be ordained a pastor on Gold Coast soil by the Basel mission. He...
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Opoku Ware (circa 1700-1750), who ruled from 1720-1750, was probably the greatest of the 18th century Asante warrior kings. Under his leadership, Asante defeated the...
