| LC control no. | n 79077273 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Busia, K. A. (Kofi Abrefa) |
| Variant(s) | Busia, Kofi Abrefa |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Associated place | Netherlands |
| Birth date | 1913-07-11 |
| Death date | 1978-08-28 |
| Place of birth | Wenchi (Ghana) |
| Place of death | Oxford (England) |
| Field of activity | Civil service Social structure |
| Affiliation | University of Oxford University of London Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden University College of the Gold Coast Gold Coast. Legislative Council United Party (Ghana) Progress Party (Ghana) National Liberation Movement (Ghana) |
| Profession or occupation | Prime ministers College teachers Sociologists |
| Found in | Author's Report on a social survey of Sekondi-Takoradi, 1950. The political biography of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, 1996: p. 13, etc. (b. July 11, 1913(?); d. 1978; politician and prime minister of Ghana) Wikipedia, Sept. 17, 2014 (Kofi Abrefa Busia, July 11, 1913, Wenchi, Gold Coast - Aug. 28, 1978, Oxford, United Kingdom) was Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 to 1972; Ph.D. in in Social Anthropology from University College, Oxford) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Abrefa_Busia> Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 3, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Busia, Kofi Abrefa; Joseph Busia; educator, prime minister, political activist, sociologist; born 11 July 1913 in Wenchi, Ghana; taught at Achimota College, Achimota, Ghana; BA in medieval and modern history, London University; BA (1941), MA (1946) and D. Phil in social anthropology (1947), Oxford University; lecturer in African studies, helped establish Department of Sociology at the University College of the Gold Coast (now University of Ghana), Legon (1948); taught at University of Leiden, Netherlands and was a fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford (1960s); elected to the Gold Coast Legislative Council (1950s); leader of the federalist National Liberation Movement; leader of the United Party (1957); chair of the National Liberation Council's political committee; launched the Progress Party (PP); served as the first prime minister of Ghana's Second Republic (1969-1972); established a National Service Corps (now the National Service Scheme); was overthrown in a military coup (1972); died 28 August 1978 in Oxford, England) |
| Associated language | eng |
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