The Big Six (Ghana)

The Big Six is the name of the six leading members of the United Gold Coast Convention formed in 1946 Party ( UGCC ). The British colonial power made ​​the group for the initiated in February 1948 riots in Accra, the capital of the Gold Coast, in charge, which led to the imprisonment of six.

The group consisted of six members as follows:

  • Ebenezer Ako Adjei - (1916-2002), founding member of the UGCC
  • Edward Akufo - Addo (1909-1979), founding member of the UGCC and President of Ghana (1970-1972)
  • Joseph Boakye Danquah (1895-1965), founding member of the UGCC
  • Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), member of the UGCC since 1947 and President of Ghana ( 1960-1966 )
  • Emmanuel Lamptey Obetsebi - (1902-1963), founding member of the UGCC
  • William Ofori - Atta (1910-1988), founding member of the UGCC

The group is pictured on all six notes of the third cedi series since 2007.

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