The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was a political party founded in 1947 whose aim was to bring about Ghanaian independence from their British colonial masters after the Second World War.[3] The United Gold Coast Convention appointed its leaders to include Kwame Nkrumah, who was the Secretary General. However, upon an allegation for plans against Nkrumah's leadership, he was arrested and jailed.[4] The UGCC leadership broke up and Kwame Nkrumah went on a separate way to set up the Convention People's Party (CPP) for the purpose of self-governance.[5] UGCC was founded in Saltpond that was the headquarters
In the 1940s, African merchants, such as George Alfred Grant ("Paa Grant"), were ready to finance the organization of a political movement to assure their commercial interests in the face of unfair colonial practices. The party was founded by J. B. Danquah on 4 August 1947 by a combination of chiefs, academics and lawyers,[6] including R. A. Awoonor-Williams, Robert Samuel Blay, Edward Akufo-Addo, and Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey.[7]
On 10 December 1947, Kwame Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast, accepting Danquah's invitation to become the UGCC General Secretary. Big Six member Ebenezer Ako-Adjei recommended inviting Nkrumah, whom he had met at Lincoln University.[5] Nkrumah was offered a salary of £250, and Paa Grant paid the boat fare from Liverpool in England to the Gold Coast.[8] Danquah and Nkrumah subsequently disagreed over the direction of the independence movement and parted ways after two years.[9] Nkrumah went on to form the Convention People's Party (CPP) in 1949 and eventually became the first president of independent Ghana.[9] There was a meeting between Nkrumah and members of the party which occurred in Saltpond, a town in Central region. It was said Nkrumah rejected a proposal for the promotion of fundamental human rights.[10]
^ abAubynn, Anthony Kwesi (2002). "Behind the Transparent Ballot Box: The Significance of the 1990s Elections in Ghana". Multi-Party Elections in Africa. James Currey. p. 77.
^Firmin-Sellers, Kathryn (1999). "The Concentration of Authority: Constitutional Creation in the Gold Coast, 1950". Polycentric Governance and Development. University of Michigan Press. p. 191.
^"'Allah Might Provide the Fuel': Muslim Sailors in British Colonial Navies, from the Second World War to Independence". Combatants of Muslim Origin in European Armies in the Twentieth Century: Far from Jihad. Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. doi:10.5040/9781474249454.ch-009. ISBN978-1-4742-4945-4. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^"Nkrumah, Dr Kwame (21 Sept. 1909–27 April 1972)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u158013. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ ab"SECRETARY OF THE UGCC". Kwame Nkrumah. Vision and Tragedy. Sub-Saharan Publishers: 52–72. 15 November 2007. doi:10.2307/j.ctvk3gm60.9. ISBN978-9988-647-81-0. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^Birmingham, David, Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (revised edition), Ohio University Press, 1998, p. 13.
^"Ghana pays tribute to founders' - Graphic Online". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^Birmingham, David, Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (revised edition), Ohio University Press, 1998.
^ abBecker, Adam H.; Reed, Annette Yoshiko (2020). The Ways that Never Parted. doi:10.1628/978-3-16-158695-8. ISBN9783161586958.
^"Sekou Nkrumah Fights Oquaye Over Founders' Day". DailyGuide Network. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^"The Gold Coast on trial: parties and personalities of the new order". The Times. 4 June 1951.
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