Hayford, J. E. Casely 1866-1930
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Name (Latin)
Hayford, J. E. Casely 1866-1930
Other forms of name
Casely Hayford, J. E. (Joseph Ephraim), 1866-1930
Hayford, Joseph Ephraim Casely, 1866-1930
Hayford, Casely, 1866-1930
Ekra-Agiman, 1866-1930
Date of birth
1866-09-29
Date of death
1930-08-11
Associated country
Ghana
Occupation
Humanists
Journalists
Lawyers
Politicians
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
1866-1930
M.B.E., M.L.C.
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Ethiopia unbound, 1969:p. vii ff. (Casely Hayford) t.p. of original (Casely Hayford)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought, accessed January 15, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Casely Hayford, Joseph Ephraim; J. E. Casely Hayford; political figure, lawyer, journalist, humanist; born 1866 in Cape Coast, Ghana; student at Fourah Bay College in Freetown, Sierra Leone; studied law at Cambridge University and became a practicing lawyer in Ghana (1896); was a leading Gold Coast nationalist figure (1910-1930); co-founded and led the National Congress of British West Africa (1920); belonged to Aborigines' Rights Protection Society; died 1930 in Ghana)
- Wikipedia, via WWW, May 18, 2012(Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford MBE or Ekra-Agiman (29 Sept. 1866-11 Aug. 1930) was a Fante journalist, author, lawyer, educator, and politician who supported pan-African nationalism; b. in Cape Coast, in the British Gold Coast colony, now Ghana; son, Archie Casely-Hayford; second wife, Adelaid Casely-Hayford (née Smith))
- His Gold Coast native institutions, 1903.
- Writings of Ekra-Agiman (J. E. Casely Hayford), 2003.
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J. E. Casely-Hayford
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Wikipedia description:
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, (29 September 1866 – 11 August 1930), also known as Ekra-Agyeman, was a prominent Fante Gold Coast journalist, editor, author, lawyer, educator, and politician who supported pan-African nationalism. His 1911 novel Ethiopia Unbound is one of the earliest novels published in English by an African. He wrote mostly as Casely Hayford, using the name Casely as his first name.
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