Ghana's Independence: The Big Six and the Road to Freedom

While Kwame Nkrumah often dominates the narrative of Ghana’s independence, the true architects were a coalition of educated elites known as the Big Six. This episode explores the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), founded in 1947 to demand self-governance 'as soon as possible.' We follow J.E. Casely Hayford’s early warnings about colonial exploitation, through the pivotal 1948 Accra Riots sparked by the shooting of veteran soldiers, to the arrest of leaders like George Padmore and Dr. J.B. Danquah. Discover how internal tensions between radical youth and conservative elites fractured the movement, paving the way for Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party. Through specific dates, key figures like Ebenezer Ako-Adjei and William Ofori Atta, and the complex legal battles that followed, we uncover the messy, human reality of how a colony became a nation. #BigSix #UnitedGoldCoastConvention #KwameNkrumah #GeorgePadmore #AccraRiots1948 #JBCDanquah #EbenezerAkoAdjei #WilliamOforiAtta #UGCC #CPP #GhanaIndependence #WestAfricaHistory #ColonialResistance #CaselyHayford #Dr.JB.Danquah #FelixAnkomah #KobinaSekoni #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo