AUGUSTUS WILLIAM KOJO THOMPSON (1880 - 1950)

One of the first Gold Coast(Ghana) radical nationalist, anti-colonialist, legal practitioner, politician and Accra`s member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council. He was the first Gold Coaster to found a political pressure group with the name "Party" attached to it-Ga Maŋbii Party. 

Kojo Thompson was arguably one of the enigmatic, skillful and controversial nationalist figures Gold Coast (Ghana) has ever produced. He was prominently in the forefront of political activities in Gold Coast and Accra.

Accra`s Spectator Daily on 25 April 194, described him as “the most talked of politician in the Gold Coast who was fearless, independent, outspoken, conscientious and self-sacrificing patriot and leader; hero of the people, and a terror at the Legislature; who aimed at purity and the highest probity in thought and action.” For his own Gamɛi (Ga people), Thompson was saviour of Accra, hero of Accra politics and patriot number one.

Kojo Thompson`s political radicalism with his Ga Maŋbii Party served as a precursor to Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah`s Convention Peoples Party (CPP). He was responsible for the construction of Adabraka Market in 1926-27. Kojo Thompson Road in Accra is named after him.