Okyenhene biography definition

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          Ofori Atta I

          Ghanaian paramount chief (1881–1943)

          NanaSir Ofori Atta I, KBE (11 October 1881 – 21 August 1943)[1] was the Okyenhene or King of the Akyem people and of Akyem Abuakwa, a traditional kingdom that stretches back to the thirteenth century and was one of the most influential kingdoms of the then Gold Coast Colony.

          He ruled from his election in 1912 until his death in 1943.[2]

          Ofori Atta was educated in Basel Mission schools and at its Akuropon seminary, now named the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong. He left the seminary after two years to work as a solicitor's clerk, and then served in the West African Frontier Force, fighting during the Yaa Asantewaa War.[3] Elected Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa in 1912, he became a member of the Legislative Council in 1916.[4]

          In 1934, he led a Gold Coast Delegation to London to petition the British Parliament for official majority of Africans on the legislative council, permanent A