Kojo Botsio
Hon. Kojo Botsio | |
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Ebenezer Ako-Adjei | |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 February 1916 |
Died | 6 February 2001 Oxford University | (aged 84)
Profession | Educationist |
Kojo Botsio (21 February 1916 – 6 February 2001)[1] was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician. He studied in Britain, where he became the treasurer of the West African National Secretariat and an acting warden for the West African Students' Union. He served as his country's first Minister of Education and Social Welfare from 1951, as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice in the government of Kwame Nkrumah, and was a leading figure in the ruling Convention People's Party (CPP).
Early life and education
Kojo Botsio attended
Career
Botsio was a teacher at the
Politics
Botsio first met Nkrumah in 1945 while in London, who he would eventually help form the Convention People's Party.[2] In 1945 he attended the Fifth Pan-African Congress in Manchester organised by Nkrumah along with Peter Abrahams, which was attended by names such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Amy Ashwood Garvey and Raphael Armattoe to name just a few. [3]
He first entered the
Family
Kojo Botsio was married to Ruth Whittaker. They had two children, Kojo and Merene, both barristers.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Kojo Botsio is Dead". GhanaWeb. 7 February 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
- ^ ISBN 978-0822942313. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "'Mak': Ras T Makonnen, the unrecognized hero of the Pan-African Movement – Race Archive". Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "1957 Govt. of Ghana". GhanaWeb.com. GhanaWeb. 19 September 2001. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Former Heads of MoFA". Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Republic of Ghana. Retrieved 7 August 2012.