Paa Grant

George Alfred Grant, popularly known as Paa Grant (15 August 1878, Beyin, Western Nzema – 30 October 1956, Axim) was a merchant and politician in the Gold Coast.[1]

Paa Grant was born into an influential merchant family. The grandson of Francis Chapman Grant, he prospered as a timber merchant in the first decades of the twentieth century. He was a founder and the first president of the United Gold Coast Convention in 1947.[2]

In 1947, Paa Grant paid newly-elected UGCC Secretary General Kwame Nkrumah's £100 boat fare from Liverpool back to Ghana[3].

References

  1. ^ Biography
  2. ^ Daniel Miles McFarland, 'Grant, "Pa" George Alfred', Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 92
  3. ^ Birmingham, David. Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism (Revised Edition). Ohio University Press. 1998.

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