Augustus Molade Akiwumi

Augustus Molade Akiwumi
2nd Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
In office
February 1958 – June 1960
Preceded by Sir Emannuel C. Quist
Succeeded by Joseph Richard Asiedu
Personal details
Born (1891-04-07)7 April 1891
Lagos, Nigeria[1]
Political party CPP
Spouse(s) Grace Aryee & Helen Kabuki Ocansey
Children Akiwusi, Akiola & Akilano, Akilebu, Akilowu, Omotayo, Helen, Akilaja(Ninii)
Residence Farrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana
Occupation Barrister / Banker

Justice Augustus Molade Akiwumi (7 April 1891 – ?) was a judge and also the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.

Early life

Augustus Akiwumi was born in Nigeria but became a naturalised Ghanaian.[2] In 1910 he was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England. He attended Queen's College, Taunton, Somerset.[2] He proceeded to the Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, where he studied law.[2] He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.

Career

He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1921.[2] He was appointed Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the First Republic of Ghana.[3]

Family

Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.

Notes

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 3 4 Susan Yetunde Goligher. "Black and British: A Family History". Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map. Afrograph. Archived from the original on 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005". Official website of the Parliament of Ghana. Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-18.


Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist		 Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
1958 – 1960 		Succeeded by
Joseph Richard Asiedu
Notes and references
1. http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003


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