Augustus Molade Akiwumi
Augustus Molade Akiwumi | |
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| 2nd Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana | |
| In office February 1958 – June 1960 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Emannuel C. Quist |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Richard Asiedu |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana | |
| In office July 1960 – April 1961 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1891 Lagos, Nigeria[1] |
| Died | 1985 (aged 93–94) Accra, Ghana |
| Political party | Convention People's Party |
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| Children | 8,
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| Residence(s) | Farrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana |
| Alma mater | Queen's College, Taunton Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Lincoln's Inn |
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Augustus Molade Akiwumi JSC (7 April 1891 – 1985) was a barrister and judge who became the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 1958 and 1960 and an inaugural Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana between 1960 and 1961.[2][3]
Early life[edit]
Augustus Akiwumi was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a large Yoruba family of twelve children. He became a naturalised Ghanaian, after he relocated to the Gold Coast as a child with his father, S. O. Akiwumi.[4] S. O. Akiwumi was the vice president of the Red Cross League.[5] In 1910, Augustus Akiwumi was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England. He attended Queen's College, Taunton, Somerset.[4] Seven of his other siblings also attended boarding school in England.[3] He proceeded to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he studied law.[4] He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.
Career[edit]
He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1921.[4] In 1964, while he was a High Court Judge in Ghana, he was appointed Legal Secretary in the East African Common Service Organisation.[6] He was elected Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the Dominion of Ghana.[7] He became a judge in Ghana and was later appointed a Supreme Court Judge from July 1960 until his retirement from the bench in April 1961.[5]
Family[edit]
Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ghana Year Book". 1959.
- ^ Amissah, Austin (1981). The Contribution of the Courts to Government: A West African View. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-825356-3.
- ^ a b Quayson, Ato (3 September 2014). Oxford Street, Accra: City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7629-3.
- ^ a b c d Susan Yetunde Goligher. "Black and British: A Family History". Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map. Afrograph. Archived from the original on 24 February 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
- ^ a b Quayson, Ato (15 August 2014). Oxford Street, Accra. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822357476. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Ghanaian Appointed Legal Secretary of East African Services". Ghana News. 2 (2). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 8. February 1964. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "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 27 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
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| First Republic: (1957 – 1966) | |
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| Second Republic: (1969 – 1972) | |
| Third Republic: (1979 – 1981) | |
| Fourth Republic: (1993 – present) | |
- 1891 births
- Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians
- Ghanaian Christian Scientists
- 20th-century Ghanaian judges
- Speakers of the Parliament of Ghana
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- People educated at Queen's College, Taunton
- Lawyers from Lagos
- Nigerian emigrants to Ghana
- Naturalized citizens of Ghana
- Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana
- Yoruba lawyers
- Yoruba bankers