Ghana National College

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Ghana National College is a secondary school in Cape Coast, on the coast of Ghana. It is rated as one of the areas top schools.[1]

[edit] Overview

It was founded on July 20, 1948, staffed by dismissed teachers from St Augustines College and Mfantsipim.[2] The college was founded by the first Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah using his own funds, for eight students who had been expelled by the British colonial administration from St. Augustine’s College. The expulsion resulted from a protest march, held in solidarity with Nkrumah who was then imprisoned.[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyi.[4]
  • J.J Mensah-Kane. First headmaster of the college and a respected scholar, educationalist and nationalist.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Coe, Cati (2005). Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools: Youth, Nationalism, and the Transformation of Knowledge. University of Chicago Press, p.208. ISBN 0226111296. 
  2. ^ a b Hon. Lee Ocran, Member of Parliament for Jomoro in an address to the Parliament of Ghana, February 26, 2007
  3. ^ Ghana: Nkrumah’s school to exhibit his scholarly works. African Press Agency (2007-07-15). Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
  4. ^ Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyi. ghanaweb.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
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