Kweku Budu-Acquah was a Ghanaian politician and diplomat. He served as Ghana's first ambassador Somalia and Ghana's resident Minister in Guinea from 1962 to 1964. He served as Ambassador Extra Ordinary and Minister Plenipontentary from 1964 until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.
Kweku Budu-Acquah | |
|---|---|
| Ghana Ambassador to Somalia | |
| In office 1961–1962 | |
| Appointed by | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Preceded by | New |
| Succeeded by | Embassy closed |
| Ghana's Resident Minister to Guinea | |
| In office 1962–1964 | |
| Appointed by | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Preceded by | Stephen Allen Dzirasa |
| Succeeded by | D. K. Kulevome |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 June 1932 Akobima near Saltpond, Gold Coast |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | Convention People's Party |
| Education | Adisadel College |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | diplomat |
Early life and education
editBudu-Acquah was born on 3 June 1932 at Akobima, a town near Saltpond.[1] He had his early education at the Bekwai Methodist in the Ashanti Region, and his secondary education at Adisadel College, Cape Coast.[1] He then proceeded to the United Kingdom where he studied Sociology, Political Science and Anthropology at Hull University, and Development of Sociological Theory under Professor Ginsberg at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[1][2] He also studied International Relations under Professor Manning for a year at the London School of Economic and Political Science.[2][3]
Career and politics
editPrior to moving to the United Kingdom for further studies, Budu-Acquah worked as an editor at the Ashanti Sentinel, the Accra Evening News and the African Spokesman. As a member of the Convention People's Party, he served as the party's propaganda secretary as well.[2]
Following his return to the Gold Coast, Budu-Acquah joined the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute as a teaching staff. There, he taught Economics and Political Science, and later worked with the Ghana Foreign Service. In 1961, he was appointed Ghana's first ambassador to Somalia, where he also oversaw other colonies in Eastern Africa until they gained their independence.[4] These countries were; Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Over the years, the relationship between Ghana and Somalia grew weak, and in 1962, the Somalian government asked that the Ghanaian ambassador to Somalia be recalled back to Ghana.[5] Budu-Acquah was then moved to Guinea as Ghana's resident Minister in Guinea,[6][7][8][9] succeeding Stephen Allen Dzirasa who had been moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the second in command (Deputy Minister).[10][11] After two years serving in Guinea, Budu-Acquah was returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Ambassador Extra Ordinary and Minister Plenipontentary. He was succeeded by D. K. Kulevome.[12][13][14]
References
edit- ^ a b c Budu-Acquah, K. (1992). Kwame Nkrumah: The Visionary. Service and Method Agency.
- ^ a b c Budu-Acquah, K. (1961). Ghana, the Morning After: From the Time of Gold and Slave Traders to the Days of Africa's First Independent Nation. Goodwin Press Limited.
- ^ Budu-Acquah, K. (1992). Kwame Nkrumah: The Visionary. Service and Method Agency.
- ^ Budu-Acquah, K. (1961). Ghana, the Morning After: From the Time of Gold and Slave Traders to the Days of Africa's First Independent Nation. Goodwin Press Limited.
- ^ Touval, Saadia (1999). Saadia Touval - Google Books. iUniverse. ISBN 9781583484227.
- ^ Steinberg, S. (2016-12-27). The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-27092-3.
- ^ Ghana Today. Information Section of the Ghana Office. 1964.
- ^ Attorney-General, Ghana (1963). Treason Trial: The State Versus Robert Benjamin Otchere, Joseph Yaw Menu, Tawia Adamafio, Ako Adjei, Hugo Horatio Cofie-Crabbe : Full Text of Opening Address by Attorney-General at the High Court (Special Criminal Division) in Accra on August 9th, 1963. Ghana High Commission, Information Division.
- ^ Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and (1964). Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 23 March-16 June 1964: Miscellaneous documents, [and] list of participant. UN.
- ^ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1962). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
- ^ West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company, Limited. July 1962.
- ^ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1964). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
- ^ Omari, T. Peter (1970). Kwame Nkrumah: The Anatomy of an African Dictatorship. C. Hurst & Company. ISBN 978-0-900966-27-9.
- ^ Ghana News. Embassy of Ghana. 1964.