Joe Appiah
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The Honourable Nana Joe Appiah MP |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Atwima-Amansie |
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In office 1957–1964 |
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| Born |
Joseph Emmanuel Appiah 16 November 1918 Kumasi |
| Died | 8 July 1990 (aged 71) Accra |
| Resting place | Tafo Cemetery, Kumasi |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Liberation Movement |
| Other political affiliations |
United Party Justice Party |
| Spouse(s) | Peggy Cripps |
| Children | Kwame Anthony Appiah, Isobel Ama, Adwoa, Abena |
| Residence | Kumasi |
| Profession | Politician, lawyer and diplomat |
| Religion | Methodist |
Joseph Emmanuel "Joe" Appiah, MP (16 November 1918 – 8 July 1990), was a Ghanaian lawyer, politician and statesman.
He was born in Kumasi to Nana James Appiah and Nana Adwoa Akyaa, members of the Ashanti imperial . His father was a schoolmaster, Methodist leader, traditional nobleman and, finally, Chief Secretary of Asanteman, a position his son would also subsequently occupy. Appiah was educated at Wesley College, Mfantsipim, and the Middle Temple.
During his time in the United Kingdom, he was closely involved with the West African Students' Union (WASU), eventually becoming its president. He came, through residence in London and involvement with WASU, to know many of the main players in the fight against imperial rule in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa. Not least among these was Kwame Nkrumah, to whom he became very close. Nkrumah was Appiah's first choice for best man at his wedding to Peggy Cripps in 1953 ("but the job went to arguably the more influential figure of George Padmore, a Trinidadian who was political mentor to African nationalist leaders, including Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta"). Their firstborn child, son Kwame, was born in London in 1954, followed by Ama (born 1955), Adwoa (born 1960) and Abena (born 1962).
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