John Coleman DeGraft-Johnson

John Coleman DeGraft-Johnson (also: de Graft Johnson ; born March 21, 1919 in Accra , Ghana , † 1977 ) was a Ghanaian historian, philosopher, writer, economist and diplomat.

education

DeGraft-Johnson attended the Mfantsipim School in the former British colony of the Gold Coast , now Ghana. DeGraft-Johnson went to Great Britain for further training. Here he visited in Scotland, the University of Edinburgh ( University of Edinburgh ). He was initially enrolled in the medicine course, which he completed for a full two years. Medical studies concluded DeGraft-Johnson never expire, but also moved to Edinburgh in the Economics Department at Trade and Economics ( Commerce and Economics to study).

He completed his studies with a bachelor's degree in trade in June 1942. Exactly two years later, in June 1944, he was awarded a Master of Arts with special distinction in Economic Science . Following his master's degree, DeGraft-Johnson began his doctorate in philosophy, which he successfully completed in December 1946.

Activities and positions

DeGraft-Johnson was a member of the Gold Coast National Committee (GCNC), which in 1953 was entrusted with the task of investigating the economic development potential of the Volta Delta.

Were members

President Kwame Nkrumah , chairman
KC Tours (Minister of Finance)
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (Minister of Trade and Industry)
John Coleman DeGraft-Johnson
William Ofori-Atta
CF Amoo-Gottfried
EE Kurankyi Taylor
ST Flecku.
Before 1956 he worked in the Economics Department of the Colonial Office in London .
Subsequently, he was one of the leading capacities of the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Company Limited (London) a forerunner of the Cocoa Marketing Board and the Department of Commerce and Industry in Ghana.
He oversaw the distance learning department at the University College of Ghana.
From 1956 to 1958 he was Professor of Economics at the University of Delhi .
Professor of Economics at the University of Ghana from 1959 until his death .

DeGraft-Johnson Committee of Inquiry

After the military coup against Kwame Nkrumah in February 1966, took over National Liberation Council ( National Liberation Council ) power in Ghana and sit with DeGraft-Johnson an independent director of the Commission of Inquiry ( DeGraft-Johnson Committee of Inquiry ) to view the controversial activities of the United Ghana farmers Co-operative Council ( Cooperation Council for the combined Ghanaian farmers ) (UGFCC) to review and work up. The UGFCC had built a cocoa monopoly under the economic policy of the socialist President Nkrumah. The UGFCC was seen as the wing of the party, the initially ruling Convention People's Party (CPP) and later the only party in Ghana, chaired by Nkrumah.

Various irregularities were discovered by the Commission. The UGFCC is said to have not made any payments for buildings or other valuables. According to the DeGraft-Johnson report, the UGFCC, which had already been broken up at the time of the investigation, was subject to strong allegations of corruption.

ambassador

From 1967 to 1970 he was ambassador to The Hague
In 1968 he was also accredited with the government in Brussels, based in The Hague , and on May 5, 1968 also with the EEC .

Works

The African's Contribution to Civilization.
The Empire of Monomotapa.
African Glory: The Story of Vanished Negro Civilizations. London 1954.
An Introduction to the African Economy. 1964.

Web links

Dr. JC DeGraft-Johnson and the Glory of Ancient African Civilizations ( Memento from April 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English) with photo

Individual evidence

↑ Volume 4, Chapter 4, p. 12, NRC Report ( Memento of December 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
^ West Africa, West Africa Publishing Company, Limited, 1977, books.google.de , books.google.de , books.google.de , books.google.de , p. 709 books.google.de .
^ Corps Diplomatique, EWG (PDF).

predecessor	Office	successor
Simon Wellington Kumah	Ghanaian in The Hague ( Netherlands ) 1967 to 1970	Epiphan Patrick Komla Seddoh

personal data
SURNAME	DeGraft-Johnson, John Coleman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	De Graft-Johnson, John Coleman; de Graft Johnson, John Coleman, Jock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ghanaian writer, historian, economist, philosopher, diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Accra , Ghana
DATE OF DEATH	1977

[1] Volume 4, Chapter 4, p. 12, NRC Report ( Memento of December 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

[2] West Africa, West Africa Publishing Company, Limited, 1977, books.google.de , books.google.de , books.google.de , books.google.de , p. 709 books.google.de .

[3] Corps Diplomatique, EWG (PDF).