Ghana's Road to Independence: The 1948 Boycott and the Ripple That Changed Everything

In February 1948, a boycott of European trading firms in the Gold Coast over the price of imported goods swelled into a chain of events that shook British colonial rule and set the stage for Ghana's independence. This episode picks up the story after the 1948 Accra riots: we follow the boycott from its origins in local markets, through the arrest of Nii Kwabena Bonne, the shooting of ex-servicemen at Christianborg Castle, and the detention of the Big Six. We look at how the Convention People's Party, led by Kwame Nkrumah, rose from the ashes of the United Gold Coast Convention, and how the Coussey Committee's proposals inadvertently created the space for mass politics. With context from earlier episodes on the Asante and Fante history, we examine the boycott as a turning point — not just a protest, but a demonstration of popular power that colonial authorities could no longer ignore. #GhanaHistory #GoldCoast #1948Boycott #AccraRiots #NiiKwabenaBonne #BigSix #KwameNkrumah #ConventionPeoplesParty #UnitedGoldCoastConvention #CousseyCommittee #ColonialResistance #WestAfrica #Decolonisation #ChristianborgCastle #ExServicemen #Cocoa #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo