| LC control no. | no2010032133 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kojo Botsio, 1916-2001 |
| Variant(s) | Botsio, Kojo, 1916-2001 |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Birth date | 1916-02-21 |
| Death date | 2001-02-06 |
| Place of birth | Winneba (Ghana) |
| Place of death | Ghana |
| Affiliation | Adisadel College Brasenose College (University of Oxford) West African Students' Union People's National Party (Ghana) Ghana. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Profession or occupation | College administrators Politicians Diplomats |
| Found in | Marika Sherwood's Research Materials on Kwame Nkurmah, 1991-1996 (Kojo Botsio) Internet, Wikipedia, Feb. 24, 2010 (Kojo Botsio (1916-2001), Ghanaian diplomat and politician) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Botsio, Kojo; political figure, commissioner of education, diplomat, nationalist; born 21 February 1916 in Winneba, Ghana; attended the prestigious Adisadel College in the historic city of Cape Coast (1929); got a postgraduate degree in education and geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University (1946); became the warden of the West Africa Students Union (WASU) hostel in Camden, London; returned to the Gold Coast to become the vice principal of Abuakwa State College in Kibi (1947); was made the secretary of the Committee of Youth Organization (CYO), the United Gold Coast Convention's (UGCC) youth wing; became the general secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP); was appointed the minister of education (1951); was Ghana's foreign affairs minister (1963-1965); was a key player in the formation of the People's National Party; was awarded the national honor of the Star of the Volta for his dedicated services to the nation (1999); died 06 February 2001 in Ghana) |
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