United Gold Coast Convention Party

The United Gold Coast Convention was a political party of the Gold Coast Crown Colony prior to Ghana's independence in 1957 .

The party's aim was to give the colony independence from British rule after World War II.

development

On August 4, 1947, the United Gold Coast Convention was founded. Founding members were Alfred George Grant , Kobina Kessie , RS Blay and RA Awoonor-Williams and the six Big Six members ( Ebenezer Ako-Adjei , Edward Akufo-Addo , Joseph Boakye Danquah , Kwame Nkrumah , Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori- Atta ).

In 1947 the UGCC achieved the return of Nkrumah to Ghana . First, Ako-Adjei should take over the chairmanship of the party. From the time he was studying in the USA, however, he was closely connected to Nkrumah, in whose favor he renounced the party chairmanship.

Split and start-up

Nkrumah became General Secretary of the United Gold Coast Convention, but in the period that followed, differences arose between the charismatic Nkrumah and the moderate middle-class Danquah with regard to the party line. As a result, the party split after just two years.

Nkrumah formed the Convention People's Party with his supporters and, as its chairman, became Ghana's first president after independence.

See also: List of political parties in Ghana