Tawia Adamafio
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
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| Ein country of citizenship | Ghana |
| Ein date of birth | 27 February 1912 |
| Date wey edie | 1994 |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | English |
| Ein occupation | politician, civil servant, minister |
| Position ehold | Member of the 1st Parliament of the 1st Republic of Ghana |
| Political party ein member | Convention People's Party |
| Religion anaa worldview | Christian |
Tawia Adamafio (born Joseph Tawia Adams)[1] be a Ghanaian minister insyd de Nkrumah government during de first republic of Ghana.
Politics
[edit | edit source]Adamafio be member of de Convention People's Party den he rise become ein General Secretary.[2] For 1960, Nkrumah appoint am as de Information and Broadcasting Minister.[3] He sana serve as Minister for Presidential Affairs at de same time.[4] Dis position be influential one for de government during dat period.[5]
1963 trial
[edit | edit source]Adamafio be one of de close people to Kwame Nkrumah wey dem try am for treason after de Kulungugu grenade attack wey target Nkrumah ein life. Adamafio plus some other people get free after de first trial, but later dem find am guilty for second trial wey pro-government panel handle. De trial judges be Kobina Arku Korsah, wey be de Chief Justice of Ghana by dat time, plus two Supreme Court judges, William Van Lare den Edward Akufo-Addo, wey later turn Chief Justice of Ghana den President of Ghana during de second republic. Nkrumah sack all of dem after dem acquit Adamafio.[6]
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Adamafio, Tawia (1982). By Nkrumah's side: the labour and the wounds. Accra & London: Westcoast Publishing House. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-86036-176-3.
- Adamafio, Tawia (1960-09-01). French nuclear tests in the Sahara. Accra, Ghana: Convention People's Party. p. 11. LCC U264.5.F8 A25 1960.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Buhle, P. (1986). C.L.R. James: his life and work. Allison & Busby. ISBN 9780850316858. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
- ↑ "The Growth of Opposition to Nkrumah". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ Hutchful, Ebo, ed. (1987). The IMF and Ghana : the confidential record. London: Zed Books. p. 298. ISBN 0-86232-614-1. JSTOR 1160499.
- ↑ "GHANA -UPPER VOLTA TRADE AGREEMENT - Text of Agreement Signed on 28 June 1961" (PDF). World Trade Organization. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "GHANA 1960-January 1963: Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs" (PDF). Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. United States Congress. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ Christenson, Ron (31 October 1991). Political trials in history: from antiquity to the present. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-88738-406-6. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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