Word: ofori
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nana Ofori Atta II, the paramount chief of Akim Abuakwa. The second most powerful tribal leader in Ghana, Ofori Atta had been declared de-stooled by some of his restive subchiefs. Like many a chieftain before him, he had fallen back on his feudal prerogative and refused to budge. But Nkrumah seized the occasion, moved quickly to back up the subchiefs' decision. The technical charge was that Ofori Atta had refused to leave his palace...
Alone, except for four of his six wives, plump, 59-year-old Ofori Atta awaited the police clad in a long, grey war robe studded with talisman patches of leather. He chewed kola nut (a mild stimulant) as a sign of crisis. Hustled out to a police van, Ofori Atta was driven off through ranks of wailing women, but no spear-brandishing warriors appeared in his defense...
Though he could not himself destool intransigent chiefs,* he decided to make an example of Paramount Chief Ofori Atta II, ruler of 500,000 tribesmen in the south. Nkrumah withdrew official recognition from him, then appointed a former British judge to investigate his administration. Last week, after the judge found that Atta II had abused his power, Nkrumah's Parliament transferred control of the chief's funds to the government...