The 1948 Crossroads Shooting That Changed Ghana

On February 28, 1948, three unarmed ex-servicemen were shot dead by British police at a crossroads in Accra, sparking riots across the Gold Coast and galvanizing the independence movement. We recount the events of that day: the peaceful march of veterans demanding benefits, the confrontation at Christianborg Castle, and the deadly volley that killed Sergeant Nii Kwabena Bonnie Adjetey, Corporal Patrick Attipoe, and Private Odartey Lamptey. Their deaths led to the Accra riots, the arrest of the Big Six (including Kwame Nkrumah), and the Watson Commission of Inquiry. This episode traces how a single act of violence transformed Gold Coast politics, fueling the push for self-government and ultimately independence in 1957. #History #FexingoHistory #Ghana #GoldCoast #Independence #CrossroadsShooting #1948Riots #ExServicemen #KwameNkrumah #BigSix #ChristianborgCastle #Colonialism #AfricanHistory #Accra #WatsonCommission #Adjetey #Attipoe #OdarteyLamptey #GhanaHistory #AshantiEmpire Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo