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The Big Six were six leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), one of the leading political parties in the British colony of the Gold Coast, known after independence as Ghana. They were detained by the colonial authorities in 1948 following disturbances that led to the killing of three World War II veterans .
He was born on 26 April 1902 at a Ga village near Ode, a suburb of Accra.His father was Jacob Mills Lamptey, a businessman, and his mother was Victoria Ayeley Tetteh. His step-brother was Gottlieb Ababio Adom (1904–1979), an educator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian minister who served as the Editor of the Christian Messenger, the newspaper of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, from 1966 ...
William Ofori Atta (10 October 1910 – 14 July 1988), popularly called "Paa Willie", was a Ghanaian founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana as one of "The Big Six" detained by the British colonial government in the then Gold Coast.
Ako Adjei (17 June 1916 – 14 January 2002), [1] was a Ghanaian statesman, politician, lawyer and journalist.He was a member of the United Gold Coast Convention and one of six leaders who were detained during Ghana's struggle for political independence from Britain, a group famously called The Big Six.
The Founders' Day (which was formerly spelt as 'Founder's Day') was observed in Ghana on 21 September in year each to mark the birthdate [12] of Ghana's first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, [13] and in remembrance of the struggle for independence by Ghana's brave "Big Six" as the name implies. [14]
A high court in Ghana has sentenced to death six people, including three soldiers, after convicting them of plotting to carry out a coup against the country’s government in 2019. The sentencing ...
Edward Akufo-Addo JSC (26 June 1906 – 17 July 1979) [1] [2] was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the "Big Six" leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana who engaged in the fight for Ghana's independence. [3]
Image credits: Weird and Wonderful Secondhand Finds Around 40% of the clothes that are exported to Ghana, which is one of the largest recipients of secondhand fashion from Europe, is considered to ...