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George Alfred Grant
Born(1878-08-15)15 August 1878
Beyin, Western Nzema, Gold Coast
Died30 October 1956(1956-10-30) (aged 78)
Axim, Ghana
Other namesPaa Grant
Occupation(s)Merchant, politician
Known forFounding president of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC)
ChildrenSarah Esi Grant, Mrs Rosamond Hammond-Grant, William Minneaux Grant
Parent(s)William Minneaux Grant and Madam Adjua (Dwowa) Biatwi
RelativesFrancis Chapman Grant (grandfather);
Phyllis Christian (granddaughter);
Kim Tyrone Grant (grandson)

George Alfred Grant, popularly known as Paa Grant (15 August 1878 – 30 October 1956), was a merchant and politician in the Gold Coast[1] who has been called "the father of Gold Coast politics".[2] As a political activist, he was a founder and the first president of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in August 1947.[3][4] He was also one of Ghana's Founding Fathers.[5] He paid for Kwame Nkrumah to return to Ghana from the United States.

  1. ^ Biography, The Paa Grant Soccer Academy Official Website. Archived 8 March 2011 at archive.today
  2. ^ "Overpass to be named after Paa Grant" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Joy Online, 22 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Overpass to be named after Paa Grant". MyJoyOnline.com. 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2020-08-03.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Ghana pays tribute to founders' - Graphic Online". www.graphic.com.gh. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  5. ^ McFarland, Daniel Miles, "Grant, 'Pa' George Alfred", Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 92.

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