United Gold Coast Convention
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| United Gold Coast Convention | |
|---|---|
| Leader | J. B. Danquah |
| Founder | J. B. Danquah The Big Six |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1951 |
| Headquarters | Accra |
| 1951 elections | 2 |
The United Gold Coast Convention was a political party whose aim was to bring about Ghanaian independence from British rule after the Second World War.
Native African merchants were, in the 1940s, ready to finance the organization of a political movement to assure their commercial interests. The party was founded by J. B. Danquah in 1946 as a combination of chiefs, academics and lawyers.[1]
In 1947, Kwame Nkrumah returned to Ghana accepting Danquah's invitation to become party General Secretary. Big Six member Ebenezer Ako-Adjei recommended inviting Nkrumah, whom he had met at Lincoln University. Nkrumah was offered a salary of £250, Paa Grant paid the boat fare from Liverpool to Ghana.[2] Danquah and Nkrumah disagreed over the direction of the independence movement and parted ways after two years. Nkrumah went on to form the Convention People's Party and later became the first president of independent Ghana.
The UGCC disbanded after performing poorly in the 1951 elections.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (Revised Edition). Ohio University Press. 1998. p.13.
- ^ Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (Revised Edition). Ohio University Press. 1998.
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