Bankole Awoonor-Renner

Bankole Awoonor-Renner (1898 – 27 May 1970) was a Ghanaian politician, journalist, anti-colonialist and Pan-Africanist.[1] Considered to be the first Black African to study in the Soviet Union, Awoonor-Renner was also the first African to be accredited to the Institute of Journalists in London.[2] A convert to Islam in 1942, he won a seat on the Accra city council. Initially a colleague of Kwame Nkrumah, he helped Ghana's first president found the Convention People's Party (CPP), but later broke with Nkrumah and established the Moslem Association Party.[3] Following the prohibition of political pluralism in the 1960s, Awoonor-Renner retired from politics, dying in poverty.

Bankole Awoonor-Renner
Born1898
Elmina, British Gold Coast
Died27 May 1970(1970-05-27) (aged 71–72)
Alma materOxford University (B.A.)

References
  1. Sherwood, Marika. "Awoonor-Renner, Bankole". Oxford African American Studies Center. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. Hanretta, Sean (2011). "'KAFFIR' RENNER'S CONVERSION: BEING MUSLIM IN PUBLIC IN COLONIAL GHANA". Past & Present (210): 187–220. ISSN 0031-2746.
  3. de Boyer, Antoine (16 March 2016). "AWOONOR-RENNER Bankole, Kweku". Maitron (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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