United Gold Coast Convention | |
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Ɔkandifoɔ | George Alfred Grant |
Secretary | Kwame Nkrumah |
Spokesperson | Kwame Nkrumah |
Founder | J. B. Danquah The Big Six |
Bre a wɔde sii hɔ | 4 August 1947 |
Dissolved | 1952 |
Asoɛe | Accra |
Ideology | Conservatism[1][2] |
Political position | Centre-right[1] |
1951 elections | 2 |
Na United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) yɛ amanyɔkuo a wɔtee no wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduanan nson a wɔn botaeɛ ne sɛ wɔde Ghana faahodie bɛfiri British Colonial mpaninfoɔ berɛ a Second World Wae no kɔɔ awieeɛ.[3] United Gold Coast Convention yii ne mpanimfoɔ a na Kwame Nkrumah, a na ɔyɛ ɔtwerɛtwerɛfoɔ ka ho. Berɛ a wɔbɔɔ Nkrumah soboɔ wɔ n'adesua mu no, wɔkyerɛ no de no tomm.[4] UGCC afedie no tɔɔ fam na Kwame Nkrumah kɔtee Convention People's Party (CPP) a ne botaeɛ ne sɛ ɔno nkoaa bɛboa ɔman.[5]
Wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduanan mu no, abibirem dwadifoɔ bi te sɛ George Alfred Grant ("Paa Grant"), ayɛ krado sɛ wɔbɛboa amanyɔkuo anamɔntuo sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɛbɛkyerɛ yɛn ɔpɛpa a wɔwɔ a wɔde bɛda basabasayɛ ne ateetee nnoɔma a ɛkɔɔ so mu. J.B Danquah na ɔyɛ amanyɔkuo no kɔfabaeɛ wɔ ɔsanaa bosome da a ɛtɔ so nan wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduanan nson mu a na ahemfo, animdefoɔ ne mmaranimfoɔ,[6]R.A Awoonor-Williams, Robert Samuel Blay, Edward Akufo-Addo ne Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey ka ho.[7]
Wɔ ɔpɛnimaa bosome da a ɛtɔ so du mu wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduanan nson mu no, Kwame Nkrumah sane kɔɔ Gold Coast, ɔgyee Danquah adesrɛ krataa a ɛse ɔmmɛyɛ UGCC twerɛtwerɛfoɔ. Ebenezer Ako-Adjei a na ɔka nnipa akukudam nsia no ho no dii Nkrumah ho adanseɛ berɛ a wɔreto nsa afrɛ no no, berɛ a ɔhyiaa no wɔ Lincoln Suapɔn. [8]Na wɔma Nkrumah £250 akatua na Paa Grant tuaa kodoɔ a ɛfiri Liverpool a ɛwɔ England ka de no baa Gold Coast.[9] Danquah ne Nkrumah ampene kwan a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔde faahodie anamɔntuo no fa na obiara faa ne kwan mfeɛ mmienu akyi.[10] Nkrumah kɔɔ so tee Convention People's Party wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduanan nkron na ɛbɛyɛ ɔmanpanin a ɔdikan a ɔgyee faahodie maa Ghana. [10]Nkrumah ne ekuo mma no hyiaa mu wɔ Saltpond, kuro a ɛwɔ mfimfini mantam. Wɔkyerɛ sɛ Nkrumah poo nnipa faahodie anamɔntuo a n a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔtu.[11] UGCC ammɔ mmɔden wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduonum baako abatoɔ nom,wɔnyini nkonwa mmienu pɛ. Afe a na ɛdi soɔ , wɔne National Democratic Party ka bomm a ɛhaa CPP kuo mma no, maa wɔtee Ghana Congress Party.[12]