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                         Dr. Joseph Boakye Danquah Joseph Boakye Danquah was born on December 18th,1895 in Bepong, Kwahu in the Eastern region of Ghana. He was a politician, writer, lawyer and a member of the Big Six. Dr JB Danquah was one of the people in opposition who criticized Dr Kwame Nkrumah on many occasions when the latter was the president of Ghana.  Dr JB Danquah began schooling at the Basel Mission school at Kyibi then to Basel Senior School at Begoro all in the Eastern region of Ghana. He completed standard seven examinations in 1912 and became the clerk at the Supreme Court of Gold Coast ( now Ghana). Dr JB was a very brilliant young man in his family which influenced his big brother to send him to abroad to read law in a British university.    On 4th February, 1965,Dr Joseph Boakye  Danquah, one of Ghana's statesmen,an author, a Chief and playwright, died in Nsawam Medium Prison of a hear...

It is exactly one hundred and ninety seven (197)years ago today, January 22nd, 1824 when the Ashantis defeated the British in the Battle of Nsamankow as part of the first Anglo-Ashanti War in a series of Wars between the two Empires How It All Started  The British Governor, Charles McCarthy was killed. It all started when an exchange of words arose between an Asante trader and a policeman, the abusive words altered by the policeman was reported to the Asantehene Osei Tutu Kwame Asibey Bonsu. Immediately, messengers were sent to capture the policeman and behead him. This resulted in an open confrontation between the Coastal States and the Asante Nation. It developed into an actual war between the Asante Nation on one side against the British and the Coastal States. The war, known as the Battle of Nsamankow was won by the Ashantis. On the night of the 20th, still without having joined forces with the other three groups, MacCarthy's force camped by a tributary of the Pra River. The ne...

  Elmina castle is the Oldest European edifice in existence south of the Sahara and the first trading post built on the golf of Guinea. It was first built as a trade settlement in Gold Coast at the time of barter trade between the Gold Coasters and the Portuguese but later became one of the most important stops on the route of Trans Atlantic slave trade. THE UNTOLD LEGACIES OF KWAME NKRUMAH   https://bricyboateng.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-untold-legacies-of-kwame-nkrumah.html On 19th January, 1482,Portuguese explorers, led by Don Diego de Azambuja, arrived at Cape Three Points, the southern most part of Gold Coast (Now Ghana). They had set sail from Lisbon, Portugal and brought with them timber, stone and other building materials which they used to build their own castle, about hundred meters away. AKO ADJEI https://bricyboateng.blogspot.com/2020/09/did-you-know-ako-adjei-was-first.html The name given to the castle was Sao Jorge Da Mina or St George's Castle in English. The loc...

 The  Untold Legacies of Kwame Nkrumah                        Dr Kwame Nkrumah  Kwame Nkrumah was born on 21st September, 1909 in Nkroful, Ghana formally Gold Coast. He was named Francis Nua Kofi Nkrumah but later  he changed it to Kwame Nkrumah in 1945 the reason being that he wanted to be known as a pure African without the white man's name. He became the Secretary General of United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in 1947 through the suggestion of Arko Adjei. Later on 12th June, 1949,he formed his own political party called Convention People's Party (CPP) still in existence. On 5th March 1957, Kwame Nkrumah stood before thousands of supporters to declare independence of Gold Coast( now Ghana).  Credit :Wikipedia  He and his leaders were clad in Northern smock in that special day purposely to uplift the dignity of the northerners which the colonial masters failed to do and also to unite the entire na...

Dr Joseph Boakye Danquah  Was born on December 18th,1895 in Bepong, Kwahu in the Eastern region of Ghana. Dr JB Danquah began schooling at the Basel Mission school at Kyibi then to Basel Senior School at Begoro all in the Eastern region of Ghana.    On 4th February, 1965,Dr Joseph Boakye (JB) Danquah, one of Ghana's statesmen, a member of the Big Six, a lawyer, an author, a Chief and playwright, died in Nsawam prison of a heart attack for allegedly being implicated in a plot against the President-Kwame Nkrumah in 1964.  Dr JB Danquah is famous for undertaking the research that gave Gold Coast its new name-Ghana when it attained independence in 1957. He also played an important role in the establishment of the University of Ghana, the premier and largest university in Ghana.