Simon Wellington Kumah
Simon Wellington Kumah (* 1918 in Ho (Ghana) ; † 2015 in Cologne ) was a Ghanaian diplomat , language professor and member of the Convention People's Party .
Life
From 1957 Simon Wellington Kumah was an employee of the Trans Volta Togoland Council. From independence in 1957 to 1960 he was District Commissioner of Ho (Ghana) . He served as ambassador to Belgrade from 1960 to 1963. From 1964 until the coup against Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, he was ambassador to The Hague . In 1967 he migrated to Cologne , where he was lecturer for Ewe (language) at the Institute for African Studies at the University of Cologne until 1983 . His two-volume typewriter manuscript Basic Ewe for Foreign Students was the basis for generations of students to learn the Ewe and was posthumously revised.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ghana Year Book, Graphic Corporation, 1957, p. 43.
- ↑ SW Kuma, an astute politician was the man Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah sent to open The Hague Mission. He was thus Ghana's first Ambassador to be accredited to the Court of Orange. When Kwame Nrrumah fell, the NLC appointed Prof. JC de Graft-Johnson an eminent economist and University don as a replacement for SW Kuma who, for understandable reasons, went into voluntary exile in West Germany., Eric Christopher Djamson , Memories and reflections, ECG Publications Center, 2000, 322 pp . 224.
- ^ Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Basic Ewe for Foreign Students
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ghanaian Ambassador to Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ) November 1960 to 1963 |
Patrick Amoa-Ntim January 2006: Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe |
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| Ghanaian Ambassador in The Hague ( Netherlands ) 1964 to February 24, 1966 |
John Coleman de Graft-Johnson |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kumah, Simon Wellington |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian diplomat and language professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ho (Ghana) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2015 |
| Place of death | Cologne |