Kobina Arku Korsah

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name = Kobina Arku Korsah


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office = 1st Chief Justice of Ghana
termstart = March 6, 1957
termend = December 1963
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predecessor = New Position
successor = J. Sarkodee-Addo
office2 = 13^th Chief Justice of the
Gold Coast
termstart2 = 1956
termend2 = March 6, 1957
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predecessor2 = Sir Mark Wilson
successor2 = None
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birthdate = 1894
birthplace = Ghana
deathdate = 1967
deathplace = Ghana
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Sir Kobina Arku Korsah(1894-1967) was the first black Chief Justice of Ghana (then the Gold Coast) in 1956.cite news |first= |last= |author= |coauthors= |title=Outrage At Law |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,938954,00.html |format= |work= |publisher=Times inc. |date= Dec. 20, 1963 |accessdate=2007-03-29 ]

In 1942, Nana Sir Ofori Atta and Sir Arku Korsah were the first two Ghanaians to be appointed to the Legislative Council by the then Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Alan Burns. [cite web |url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/specialfeatures/tm_headline=countries-united-by-an-ancient-bond&method=full&objectid=18678582&page=4&siteid=50061-name_page.html |title=Countries united by an ancient bond - Freedom after 400 years |accessdate=2007-03-29 |work=Special Features |publisher=Liverpool Daily Post] [cite book |last=Buah |first=F. K. |title=History of Ghana |url= |format= |accessdate=2007-03-29 |year=1980 |publisher=Lincoln |location=London |isbn=978-0333295151 |oclc= |doi= |id= |quote= ] He was one of the twenty founding members of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959. [cite web |url=http://www.gaas-gh.org/pages/foundation_members.htm |title=History - Foundation Members |accessdate=2007-03-29 |work=Official Website |publisher=Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences] After the Kulungugu attack on President Kwame Nkrumah in August 1962, Sir Arku Korsah presided over the trial of five defendants. At the end of that trial, three of the accused were found not guilty and this displeased the Nkrumah government. Nkrumah sacked Sir Korsah as Chief Justice in December 1963 unconstitutionally.

References

ee also

*Supreme Court of Ghana