Augustus Molade Akiwumi

The Right Honourable
Augustus Molade Akiwumi
JSC
2nd Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
In office
February 1958 – June 1960
Preceded bySir Emannuel C. Quist
Succeeded byJoseph Richard Asiedu
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
In office
July 1960 – April 1961
Personal details
Born(1891-04-07)7 April 1891
Lagos, Nigeria[1]
Died1985 (aged 93–94)
Accra, Ghana
Political partyConvention People's Party
Spouses
  • Grace Aryee
  • Helen Kabuki Ocansey
Children8,
  • Akiwusi
  • Akiola
  • Akilano
  • Akilebu
  • Akilowu
  • Omotayo
  • Helen
  • Akilaja(Ninii)
Residence(s)Farrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana
Alma materQueen's College, Taunton
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Lincoln's Inn
Occupation

Augustus Molade Akiwumi JSC (7 April 1891 – 1985) was a barrister and judge who became the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 1958 and 1960 and an inaugural Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana between 1960 and 1961.[2][3]

Early life

Augustus Akiwumi was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a large Yoruba family of twelve children. He became a naturalised Ghanaian, after he relocated to the Gold Coast as a child with his father, S. O. Akiwumi.[4] S. O. Akiwumi was the vice president of the Red Cross League.[5] In 1910, Augustus Akiwumi was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England. He attended Queen's College, Taunton, Somerset.[4] Seven of his other siblings also attended boarding school in England.[3] He proceeded to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he studied law.[4] He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.

Career

He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1921.[4] In 1964, while he was a High Court Judge in Ghana, he was appointed Legal Secretary in the East African Common Service Organisation.[6] He was elected Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the Dominion of Ghana.[7] He became a judge in Ghana and was later appointed a Supreme Court Judge from July 1960 until his retirement from the bench in April 1961.[5]

Family

Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ghana Year Book". 1959.
  2. ^ Amissah, Austin (1981). The Contribution of the Courts to Government: A West African View. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-825356-3.
  3. ^ a b Quayson, Ato (3 September 2014). Oxford Street, Accra: City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7629-3.
  4. ^ a b c d Susan Yetunde Goligher. "Black and British: A Family History". Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map. Afrograph. Archived from the original on 24 February 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
  5. ^ a b Quayson, Ato (15 August 2014). Oxford Street, Accra. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822357476. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Ghanaian Appointed Legal Secretary of East African Services". Ghana News. 2 (2). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 8. February 1964. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005". Official website of the Parliament of Ghana. Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
1958 – 1960 		Succeeded by
Notes and references
1. http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003