Jacob Wilson Sey

Jacob Kwaw Wilson Sey
Born(1832-03-10)10 March 1832
Biriwa, Gold Coast
Died22 May 1902(1902-05-22) (aged 70)
Cape Coast, Gold Coast
NationalityBritish subject
Other namesKwaa Aboan’nyi or Kwaa Bonyi
Occupations
  • Artisan
  • Farmer
  • Philanthropist
Known for
SpouseAgnes Charlotte Amba Kosimah Morgue

Jacob Kwaw Wilson Sey (10 March 1832 – 22 May 1902), also known as Kwaa Bonyi, was a colonial era Fante artisan, farmer, philanthropist, nationalist and the first recorded indigenous multi-millionaire on the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana).[1][2][3][4][5] He played a major role in the Aborigines' Rights Protection Society (ARPS), founded to oppose the 1896 Crown Lands Bill and the 1897 Lands Bill that threatened the traditional land tenure system and stipulated that all unused lands be controlled by the British colonial government.[1][2][3][4] The society was the 19th-century precursor that laid the foundation for the mid-20th-century "ideological warfare" pushed by the Gold Coast intelligentsia and the independence movement.[6][7] Some academic scholars regard Sey as the "first real architect and financier towards Ghana's independence" and the ARPS as "the first attempt to institutionalize nationalist sentiment in the then Gold Coast."[6][7]

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  5. ^ Ofosuah Johnson, Elizabeth (14 September 2018). "The little-known story of Ghana's first millionaire and how he won back the country's land from the British in 1898". Face2Face Africa. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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  7. ^ a b "This Ghanaian Unsung Hero Is The Reason Why We Still Have West Africa". OMGVoice.com. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.