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J. B. Danquah Quotes

1895–1965 Ghana

Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (18 December 1895 – 4 February 1965) was a Ghanaian politician, scholar, anglophile, lawyer and statesman. He was a politician in pre- and post-colonial Ghana, which was formerly the Gold Coast.

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Also known as: J B Danquah, Joseph Boakye Danquah

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To liberate the energies of the people for the growth of a property owning democracy in this land.

I learned selfless politics as the sacrificing of one’s self totally for one’s own country.

I Conceive that the first act of the constitution-making body will be to make a clean break away from the memories of the old days of exploitation and imperialism.

Submission to the Watson Commission (1948)

A black woman
Golden is her personal name
Guinea's Golden Lady
And christened by her God-fathers
But from birth
Ghana.

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