| 词条 | William Ofori Atta |
| 释义 |
| name = William Ofori Atta | image = | caption = | order = 15th | office = Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana) | term_start = 1971 | term_end = 12 January 1972 | predecessor = Victor Owusu | successor = Maj. Gen. Nathan A. Aferi | constituency = | majority = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = | majority2 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | constituency3 = | majority3 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1910|10|10}} | birth_place = Kibi, Gold Coast[1] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1988|7|14|1910|10|10}} | death_place = Ghana[2] | party = Progress Party (1969–1972) United National Convention (1979–1981) | spouse = | children = | residence = | relations ={{unbulleted list|Ofori Atta I (father)|Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (brother)|Susan Ofori-Atta (sister)|Adeline Akufo-Addo (sister)|Edward Akufo-Addo (brother-in-law)}} | Alma mater = | occupation = Lawyer | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Nana William Ofori Atta (10 October 1910 – 14 July 1988), popularly called "Paa Willie", was a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana, as one of "The Big Six" detained by the British colonial government in the then Gold Coast. He later became a Minister for Foreign Affairs in Ghana's second republic between 1971 and 1972. Early lifeNana William Ofori Atta was the son of Nana Sir Ofori Atta I who was the Omanhene (King) of Akyem Abuakwa between 1912 and 1943.[3] He was thus a nobleman of royal lineage of the Ofori-Atta dynasty, although the fact that the Akan people (to which he belonged) are traditionally matrilineal meant that he wasn't a dynastic prince. William Ofori Atta attended Mfantsipim School, one of the most prestigious schools in Ghana.[4] He was later among the first batch of students at the Achimota School[5] who pioneered the intermediate degree programs. He was also the first ever school prefect of the School. His batch of students went on to form the nucleus of the University of Ghana.[4] He attended Queens' College, University of Cambridge from 1935 to 1938. He became a lawyer in 1956.[6] His sister was Susan Ofori-Atta, the first Ghanaian woman to become a physician. PoliticsWilliam Ofori Atta was a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention. He won one of the Akim Abuakwa seats during the 1951 Gold Coast election. He later became the leader of the United Party in opposition to Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Ofori Atta was detained by Nkrumah during the first republic under the Preventive Detention Act.[7][8] During the second republic, he was Minister for Education[9] and then Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Progress Party government of Dr. Busia. He was an active member of the People's Movement for Freedom and Justice (PMFJ) which campaigned against the 'Union Government' concept by General I. K. Acheampong, then Head of state of Ghana and Chairman of the Supreme Military Council (SMC). This was an attempt by the military regime to extend military rule instead of handing back power to civilians.[6][10] After the fall of the SMC, he stood for president in the 1979 Ghanaian presidential election on the ticket of the United National Convention coming third with 17.41% of the popular vote.[11] Eventually, he became chairman of the Council of State for the Third Republic. Later lifeWilliam Ofori Atta became a devout Christian and played various roles in Christian circles.[12] He was one of the founders of the Accra Chapel Trust, (now the Korle-Bu Community Chapel) an independent evangelical church at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra in 1967.[13] Ofori Atta delivered the J. B. Danquah Memorial Lectures organised by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985. His topic was – "Ghana, A Nation in Crisis".[14] He died in 1988 and was given a state burial. William Ofori-Atta Memorial LecturesThe William Ofori-Atta Memorial Lectures were instituted in his memory after his death. See also
Notes1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=QzEuAAAAIAAJ&q=William+Ofori+Atta+1910&dq=William+Ofori+Atta+1910&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oqMLT4K4EuLWiAKAt7DfAw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBg Africa Year Book and Who's Who], Africa Journal Limited, 1977, p. 1280. 2. ^Raph Uwechue, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YkEOAQAAMAAJ&q=William+Ofori+Atta+1988&dq=William+Ofori+Atta+1988&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3qMLT9WRCqOSiALlvuSkBA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw Makers of Modern Africa], Africa Journal Limited, 1991, p. 579. 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~royalty/akyem/i4.html |title=Nana William OFORI-ATTA |accessdate=4 April 2007 |date=29 July 2003 |author=Henry Soszynski |work=Genealogy of the Okyenhenes of Ghana |publisher=Henry Soszynski}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.moba76.com/cn_m76_more.cfm?tblNewsCatID=57&tblNewsID=140 |title=What does Mfantsipim Mean? |accessdate=4 April 2007 |work=The School |publisher=Mfantsipim Old Boys Association (MOBA) 1976 year group}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://groups.msn.com/OAA1973/whatdoyouknow.msnw |title=ACHIMOTA TRIVIA – DID YOU KNOW- PART I? |accessdate=4 April 2007 |work=Achimota School Alumni Website |publisher=OAA 1973 Akoras |quote=Did you know that prominent Ghanaian citizens who attended Achimota School include Mr. William Ofori Atta, a member of the Big Six that led the fight for Ghana's independence}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/rarticles/role_of_lawyers_in_consolidating.htm |title=The role of lawyers in consolidating democracy in Africa |accessdate=4 April 2007 |last=Akufo-Addo |first=Nana |authorlink=Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo |date=April 2003 |work=Paper delivered at the 8th Biennial conference of the African Bar Association (ABA) in Abuja |publisher=Niger Delta Congress}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://ghanaweb.net/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=76365&comment=0 |title=The Preventive Detention Act of 1958, Was It A Shield or A Sword? |accessdate=4 April 2007 |author= |date=26 February 2005 |work=Feature Article |publisher=Ghana Home Page |quote=Yet within 1958, the pernicious Preventive Detention Act was enacted. The law empowered the government to detain anybody for not more than five years without trial. It was subsequently amended in 1959 and 1962. The 1962 amendment extended the detention period indefinitely.... By 1961 prominent leaders and stalwarts of the opposition party were either in detention or had fled the country. Victor Owusu, Joe Appiah, William Ofori Atta were in the detention}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~amaah/writings/ghana-truly-free-happy.html |title=Ghana Will Be Truly Free And Happy |accessdate=4 April 2007 |last=Busia |first=Kofi Abrefa |authorlink=Kofi Abrefa Busia |date=21 December 1964 |work=The Busia papers |publisher=Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://ghanasco.com/page.php?11 |title=GHANA SECONDARY SCHOOL,TAMALE |accessdate=4 April 2007 |work=Alumni Website |publisher=Ghana Secondary School Alumni |quote=On 28 June 1970 a rocket manufactured by an Indian maths teacher, Mr Lalaji and his science students, was launched in honour of the then Minister of Education Mr William Ofori -Atta.}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=105282 |title=Special tribute to Adu Boahen |accessdate=4 April 2007 |last=Boateng |first=Kwame Appiah |date=3 June 2006 |work=Feature Article |publisher=Ghana Home Page }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1979_Presidential_Election |title=Elections in Ghana |accessdate=4 April 2007 |date=30 May 2006 |work=African Elections Database |publisher=Albert C. Nunley}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://goldcoastbereans.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html |title= Christian Cable TV, etc |accessdate=4 April 2007 |date=1 April 2006 |publisher=Gold Coast Bereans |quote=Mr William Ofori Atta in Ghana ( the late "Paa Willie") continued to teach and preach sound doctrine into his old age.}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kbcchapel.org/Local/About-Us.html |title=About Us – Our history |accessdate=29 December 2012 |work=Official Website |publisher=Korle-Bu Community Chapel}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gaas-gh.org/pages/publications_danquah.htm |title=Publications – J.B. Danquah Memorial Lectures |accessdate=4 April 2007 |work=Official Website |publisher=Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences}} Publications
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