Wp/kus/J.B Danquah
| Sex or gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Country of citizenship | Ghana |
| Given name | Joseph |
| Date of birth | 21 December 1895, 18 December 1895 |
| Place of birth | Gold Coast Colony |
| Date of death | 4 February 1965 |
| Place of death | Nsawam |
| Spouse | Mabel Dove Danquah |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | Akan |
| Occupation | historian, lawyer, politician |
| Position held | Member of the 1st Parliament of the Gold Coast |
| Educated at | University of London |
| Member of political party | United Gold Coast Convention |
| Religion or worldview | Christian |
| Member of | Inner Temple |
| Award received | Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (18 December 1895 – 4 February 1965) da anɛ Ghana nid onɛ an politician, scholar, lawyer nɛ statesman. O da anɛ pɔlitiks bɛ pre- and post-colonial Ghana, dinɛ da an Gold Coast la, ka di an ye onɛ da tis teŋ la yʋ'ʋr ye Ghana[1].
O political career saŋa laa, Danquah da anɛ primary opposition leaders tis Ghana Zugdaan nɛ independence leader Kwame Nkrumah. Danquah ka Watson Commission of Inquiry da ye o anɛ "doyen of Gold Coast politics" bɛ 1948 Accra zaba la ni.
O pin'lʋg nɛ o sakur yɛla
Danquah du'am yʋʋm anɛ 18 December 1895 bɛ Bepong bɛ Kwahu dinɛ bɛ Eastern Region, Ghana (dinɛ da an Gold Coast la). O da bɛnɛ Ofori Panin Fie onɛ da an na'ab la, da an banɛ gɔsid Akyem states la, ka lɛm an most influential families bɛ Ghana pɔlitiks ni. O bier da anɛ Nana Sir Ofori Atta I nɛ o biig onɛ da an actor Paul Danquah.
Onɛ da an yʋma ayuobʋ la, Danquah pin'ili o sakur bɛ Basel Mission School dinɛ bɛ Kyebi. O kɛŋ Basel Mission Senior School dinɛ bɛ Begoro. Onɛ da naae sʋŋa o standard seven kpansib la bɛ 1912, Vidal J. Buckle onɛ an barrister-at-law bɛ Accra la da tis o tʋʋma an clerk, tʋm kani da kɛ' ka o ya'am lɛb law ni. Onɛ da naae Civil Service Examinations bɛ 1914 la nii, Danquah da anɛ clerk bɛ Supreme Court dinɛ nɛ Gold Coast, dinɛ tis o suor ka o bier gaŋ Nana Sir Ofori Atta I da gaŋ o, onɛ da an chief yʋma ayi', an secretary tis Omanhene's Tribunal dinɛ bɛ Kyebi la. Onɛ da dɔli o bier bɛllim la zug, Danquah da paam gaŋir an assistant secretary tis Conference of Paramount Chiefs bɛ Eastern Province la, dinɛ ka o da yuolim an statutory recognition yʋ'ʋn an Eastern Provincial Council of Chiefs. O gbaʋŋ min'ilim da kɛ' ka o bier la tut o Britain bɛ 1921 la ni ye o zamis law.
Onɛ da mɔn' nɔɔr ayi' ka pʋ yaŋi di ya'an bɛ kpɛn'ɛb kpansib la, o yʋ'ʋn di ya'an ye o kpɛn' University of London matriculation, Danquah naae bɛ 1922 ni, kɛt ka o kpɛn' University College of London an philosophy sakur biig. O paam B.A. degree bɛ 1925 ni, ka di John Stuart Mill Scholarship dinɛ bɛ Philosophy of Mind and Logic. O kɛŋ tuoni paam Doctor of Philosophy degree, dinɛ ka o maal yʋma ayi' nɛ thesis pian'azug kani an "The Moral End as Moral Excellence". Onɛ da an yiiga West African da paam Doctor of Philosophy degree bɛ British university ni. Onɛ da bɛ o thesis tʋʋma la ni la, o kpɛn' Inner Temple ka ba da buol o bɛ Bar bɛ 1926 ni.
Onɛ da an sakur biig la, o da mɔr biribʋs ayi' nɛ bipʋmis ayi' banɛ da manam kɔn'ɔb-kɔn'ɔb, banɛ ka o da pʋ di sɔ'sɔ. London nii, Danquah nɔk saŋa yi sakurin la ka kpɛn' pɛ'ɛs pɔlitiks, an editor tis West African Students' Union (WASU) magazine ka an Union la zugdaan.
O tʋʋma
Danquah da kɛŋ private legal practice onɛ da lɛb Ghana la bɛ 1927 ni. 1929 ni o sʋŋ J. E. Casely Hayford zi'el Gold Coast Youth Conference (GCYC) ka da an Secretary General dinɛ yi 1937 ti paae 1947[2]. 1931 nii, Danquah pin'il The Times of West Africa, dinɛ yʋ'ʋri an West Africa Times, dinɛ da an yiiga daily newspaper bɛ Ghana published dinɛ yi 1931 ti paae 1935. Lʋgʋr yinne dinɛ an "Women's Corner" dinɛ ka Mabel Dove da sɔbi di, barrister Francis Dove bipʋg. Onɛ da an Danquah's yiiga pʋ'a bɛ 1933 ni, onɛ da du'a biig yinne tis o. Danquah da lɛm di Elizabeth Vardo[2]. 1935 nii, o da an kpɛɛm tis International African Friends bɛ Ethiopia, dinɛ an Pan-Africanist la'asʋg dinɛ bɛ London.