Archie Casely-Hayford

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Ghanaian politician and lawyer (1898-1977)

PoliticiansLived 1898 to 1977 · aged 79

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Archibald "Archie" Casely-Hayford was a British-trained Ghanaian barrister and politician, who was involved in nationalist politics in the former Gold Coast.

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The Gold Coast cabinet, 6 March 1957. Front row, left to right: Archie Casely-Hayford, Kojo Botsio; Kwame Nkrumah; Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, Edward Okyere Asafu-Adjaye (Ghana High Commissioner in London). Back row, left to right: Joseph Henry Allassani, Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck, Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, John Ernest Jantuah, Imoru Egala, Minister of Industries.

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FatherJ. E. Casely Hayford

SiblingGladys Casely-Hayford

Politicians born in the 1890s 6

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Archibald "Archie" Casely-Hayford was a British-trained Ghanaian barrister and politician, who was involved in nationalist politics in the former Gold Coast. Having joined the Convention People's Party (CPP), in 1951 he was elected Municipal Member for Kumasi and was appointed by Kwame Nkrumah Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the government of the First Republic. When Nkrumah declared Ghana's Independence on 6 March 1957, he was photographed on the podium flanked by Casely-Hayford, together with Kojo Botsio, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck and Krobo Edusei.