The 1948 Riots That Sparked Ghana's Independence

On February 28, 1948, three unarmed World War II veterans were shot dead by British police at the Christianborg crossroads in Accra. Their names were Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe, and Private Odartey Lamptey. They had marched to the Castle to demand their promised benefits, but instead they became martyrs for a cause. The shooting ignited protests across the coast — looting, fires, and confrontations spread from Accra to Cape Coast. The British arrested the Big Six, including Kwame Nkrumah, but the genie was out of the bottle. This episode follows the chain reaction from that trigger: the boycott of European goods, the Watson Commission, the riots, and how the death of just three men turned the Gold Coast into Ghana. We'll explore why the ex-servicemen were so angry, how the colonial government fumbled the response, and how this single event handed Nkrumah the lever he needed to push for full independence. #1948Riots #GoldCoast #GhanaIndependence #ChristianborgCrossroads #SergeantAdjetey #BigSix #KwameNkrumah #WatsonCommission #ExServicemen #PositiveAction #CapeCoast #Accra #BritishColonialism #WestAfricanHistory #FexingoHistory #History #Decolonization #GhanaHistory #AshantiEmpire #ElminaCastle Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo