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

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

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

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. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  7. ^ a b 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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