Kotoka, Emmanuel Kwasi, 1926-1967

LC control no.	no2014003841
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Personal name heading	Kotoka, Emmanuel Kwasi, 1926-1967 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Ghana
Birth date	19261026
Death date	19670417
Place of birth	Accra (Ghana)
Place of death	Accra (Ghana)
Affiliation	School of Industry (London, England) Ghana. Armed Forces National Liberation Council (Ghana) Royal West African Frontier Force Infantry School (Accra, Ghana) United Nations Peace-keeping Forces in Congo
Profession or occupation	Generals Revolutionaries
Found in	Ghanatta, Yaw Boakye. Price of freedom : Life of Kotoka, 1967? Wikipedia, viewed January 10, 2014: (Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka; born 26 October 1926, died 17 April 1967; Lieutenant General; member of the National Liberation Council) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Kotoka, Emmanuel Kwasi; foreign military officer, revolutionary; born 26 October, 1926 in Alakple, Ghana; started military career at Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF), taught English to newly enlisted soldiers, Infantry School, Accra, Ghana; studied in Command Training School, Accra, Eaton Hall Officers' Cadet School, England (1954), School of Infantry at Warminster, England (1959); was a lieutenant at King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Germany, captain and deputy commander, RWAFF, commander of the “D” company to United Nations Peace-keeping Forces in Congo (1960-1961), quartermaster and later commander of the Second Brigade (1965) of the Ghana Army; became leader of military regime, the National Liberation Council (NLC) after a coup against the government; was promoted to major-general, responsible for the ministry of health and general commander of the Ghana Armed Forces; was killed in countercoup ultimately quelled; awarded the Ghana Service Order (1962); died 17 April, 1967 in Accra, Ghana)