| LC control no. | n 90634190 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Appiah, Joseph, 1918- |
| Variant(s) | Appiah, Joe, 1918- |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Birth date | 19181116 |
| Death date | 1990 |
| Place of birth | Kumasi (Ghana) |
| Place of death | Accra (Ghana) |
| Affiliation | Middle Temple (London, England) West African Students' Union Ghana Bar Association Ghana. Parliament Justice Party (Ghana) Nationalist Party (Ghana) |
| Profession or occupation | Diplomats Politicians Authors |
| Found in | Joe Appiah, 1990: CIP t.p. (Joseph Appiah) foreword (Joseph Emmanuel Appiah; b. Nov. 1918, Ghana; political activist) pref. signed (Joe Appiah) bk. p. 369 (d. 7/8/90, Accra) LC data base, 4/19/90 (hdg.: Appiah, Joe, 1918- ; usage: Joe Appiah) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Appiah, Joseph Emmanuel; diplomat, political figure; born 16 November 1918 in Kumasi, Ghana; sudied law in Britain and became a member of the Middle Temple (1944); president of pro-independence West African Students' Union (WASU); return to Ghana and joined Danquah's party; elected to parliament, representing a district in the Ashanti region; arrested and interned at Ussher Fort Prison (1961); released late the following year; returned to public service as a diplomat (1966); represented Ghana's Bar Association and helped draft the constitution (1969); founded the the Nationalist Party; formed a united opposition Justice Party and became extra-parliamentary chairman; his memoir was published in 1990; died 1990 in Accra, Ghana) |
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