Emmanuel Mate Kole

Emmanuel Matey Kole or Nene Matey Kole (1860 in Odumase – 1939) was the konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo from 1892 until his death in 1939.

A former teacher in Basel Mission schools, he encouraged agricultural development and road-building as a ruler.[1] In 1911, despite opposition from the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society, he became the first African chief to be appointed to the Gold Coast Legislative Council.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 120.
  2. ↑ Roger Gocking, The History of Ghana, Greenwood Press, 2005, p. 54.


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