In October we revisited many consequential and interesting moments in Ghanaian history. Check out some of the topics that we covered below!
1. Trains reach Kumasi from the coast
2. Sir Garnet Wolseley arrives in the Gold Coast as Governor
3. Following the Railway Workers Strike, many arrests were made under the PDA
4. The Koranteng-Addow Commission presents its "Union Government" report
5. Krepi joined the British Colony of the Gold Coast
6. Supreme Military Council is formed
7. The PNDC government establishes the Judicial Council
8. The United Party was formed under the leadership of Dr. K. A. Busia
9. David Asante, seminal African Basel missionary and author of the Twi Bible, died in Akropong
11. Philip Quaque, first African to be ordained by the Anglican Church, dies in Cape Coast
12. Yaa Asantewaa, Queenmother of Ejisu dies in the Seychelles
13. Adansi sign on for British protection
14. Birthday of Alice Annum, champion sprinter
15. Asanteman Council formally endorses the National Liberation Movement (NLM)
16. Rev. Timothy Laing, early "native missionary" for the Wesleyan Church passed away
17. Coussey Commission formed in aftermath of Gold Coast riots