Kwegyir Aggrey - Reviewing Founding Myths
Kwegyir Aggrey is being reviewed in relation to founding myths. At Achimota School, Kwegyir Aggrey was "flattened or reduced to a single slogan or two." The plaque on Aggrey's bust at the school chapel described him as, "Assistant Vice Principal."
Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey met Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois and interacted with some of the icons of the historic Harlem Renaissance. He was considered for a professorial appointment at the University of Fort Hare. Scholars such as Professor L. H. Ofosu-Appiah, A. W. Cardinall, W.E.F. Ward, and E.W. Smith authoritatively recorded this fact in published biographies. He was a Phelps-Stokes scholar with a doctoral degree.
The relevant institutions must do the work of ironing out unsettled creases for themselves.
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A Ghanaian scholar reflects on the legacy of Kwegyir Aggrey and his role at Achimota School. Questions arise about why Aggrey's scholarly texts were never published and the implications of this oversight - especially considering his global stature.
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