Tawia Adamafio

Tawia Adamafio (born Joseph Tawia Adams)[1] was a Ghanaian minister in the Nkrumah government during the first republic of Ghana.

Tawia Adamafio
Information and Broadcasting Minister
In office
1960–1962
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Minister for Presidential Affairs
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyConvention People's Party

Politics

Adamafio was a member of the Convention People's Party and rose to become its General Secretary.[2] In 1960, he was appointed the Information and Broadcasting Minister by Nkrumah.[3] He was also Minister for Presidential Affairs concurrently.[4] This was an influential position in the government at the time.[5]

1963 trial

Adamafio was one of the close associates of Kwame Nkrumah who stood trial for treason following the Kulungugu grenade attempt on his life.[6] Adamafio and others were freed after the first trial but was eventually found guilty following a second trial by a pro-government panel.[7] The trial judges were Kobina Arku Korsah, at the time the Chief Justice of Ghana and two Supreme Court judges, William Van Lare and Edward Akufo-Addo who later became Chief Justice of Ghana and then President of Ghana during the second republic. They were all sacked by Nkrumah following the acquittal of Adamafio.[7]

Publications
  • Adamafio, Tawia (1982). By Nkrumah's side: the labour and the wounds. Accra & London: Westcoast Publishing House. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-86036-176-3.
  • Adamafio, Tawia (1960-09-01). French nuclear tests in the Sahara. Accra, Ghana: Convention People's Party. p. 11. LCC U264.5.F8 A25 1960 .

References
  1. Buhle, P. (1986). C.L.R. James: his life and work. Allison & Busby. ISBN 9780850316858. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  2. "The Growth of Opposition to Nkrumah". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  3. Hutchful, Ebo, ed. (1987). The IMF and Ghana : the confidential record. London: Zed Books. p. 298. ISBN 0-86232-614-1. JSTOR 1160499.
  4. "GHANA -UPPER VOLTA TRADE AGREEMENT - Text of Agreement Signed on 28 June 1961" (PDF). World Trade Organization. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  5. "GHANA 1960-January 1963: Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs" (PDF). Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. United States Congress. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  6. "Ghana: Double & Deadly Jeopardy". Time. 1965-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  7. Christenson, Ron (31 October 1991). Political trials in history: from antiquity to the present. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-88738-406-6. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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