(1821-02-13)13 February 1821 Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast
Died
12 March 1896(1896-03-12) (aged 75) Elmina, British Gold Coast
Kobina Gyan[1] (13 February 1821 – 12 March 1896) was king or ohin of Elmina (Edinahene) between 1868 and 1873 and between 1894 and his death in 1896. Between 1873 and 1894, Kobina Gyan was exiled by the British colonial authorities for his pro-Dutch and anti-British position.[2]
^While Kobina Gyan is certainly the most used spelling in modern sources, his name is also rendered as Kobena Gyan and Cobina Gan.
1894, KobinaGyan was exiled by the British colonial authorities for his pro-Dutch and anti-British position. KobinaGyan was born in Elmina to Kobina Conduah...
refused to recognize the British for their rule. The Omanhene of Elmina, KobinaGyan, explained to the British after they had entered the Elmina Castle, which...
aka Daniel Amponsah, a Ghanaian folklorist and recording artist Frank Kobina Parkes, poet Shatta Rakon Musician Captain James Hackman Tachie-Menson,...
years of Dutch rule on the Gold Coast, working closely together with KobinaGyan, first sub-king and later king of Elmina, to press for Dutch support...
1852-1863 Chief Andoh served as Opanyin (Principal Secretary) to Omanhene KobinaGyan of Elmina from 1863 to 1872. Upon the latter's expulsion to Sierra Leone...
after, the tensions in Elmina would culminate in the exile of Edinahene KobinaGyan to Sierra Leone and an attack on Elmina by the Asante, to which the British...
Ashanti. He was made regent of Edina State upon the expulsion of Chief KobinaGyan by the British. Baffour's paternal grandmother was the eldest daughter...
architect Atukwei Okai, poet, cultural activist and academic Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes, poet Nii Parkes, author, publisher and social commentator Taiye...
Nkwantabisa, King of Denkyira; Akyin II, King of Ekumfi; Kobina Kondua, King of Elmina; Kobina Hamah, King of Adjumaku and more than 64 Chiefs from the...
colony of Great Britain following World War II. The chief of Osu Alata, Nii Kobina Bonney III, had set up a boycott of European goods across the country due...
Julian Opuni (Bleoo '90), banker; managing director of Fidelity Bank John Kobina Richardson (Bleoo '55), former chairman & managing director of Pioneer Tobacco...
and Ghana's former correspondent for the BBC and Reuters William Frank Kobina Coleman, Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1960–1970)...
Stephen Jalulah of Pru West, Alhassan Iddi for Salaga North, and Alexander Gyan of Kintampo South have apparently returned the excess payments while Sylvester...
of business-persons are E.N. Omaboe (also Nana Wereko Ampem II) and John Kobina Richardson who both served on a committee to initiate the Ghana Stock Exchange...
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