Augustus Molade Akiwumi

Augustus Molade Akiwumi
2nd Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
In office
February 1958 – June 1960
Preceded bySir Emannuel C. Quist
Succeeded byJoseph Richard Asiedu
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
In office
July 1960 – April 1961
Personal details
Born(1891-04-07)7 April 1891
Lagos, Nigeria[1]
Died1985 (aged 93–94)
Accra, Ghana
Political partyConvention People's Party
Spouses
  • Grace Aryee
  • Helen Kabuki Ocansey
Children8,
  • Akiwusi
  • Akiola
  • Akilano
  • Akilebu
  • Akilowu
  • Omotayo
  • Helen
  • Akilaja(Ninii)
Residence(s)Farrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana
Alma materQueen's College, Taunton
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Lincoln's Inn
Occupation

Augustus Molade Akiwumi JSC (7 April 1891 – 1985) was a barrister and judge who became the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 1958 and 1960 and an inaugural Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana between 1960 and 1961.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Ghana Year Book". 1959.
  2. ^ Amissah, Austin (1981). The Contribution of the Courts to Government: A West African View. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-825356-3.
  3. ^ Quayson, Ato (3 September 2014). Oxford Street, Accra: City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7629-3.