Joseph de Graft Hayford

Joseph de Graft Hayford
Born1840
London, England[1]
Died1919 (aged 78–79)
London, England[2]
OccupationWesleyan Methodist minister
SpouseMary Ewuraba Brew [citation needed]
ChildrenJosiah Hayford, Isaac Hayford, Ibinijah Hayford, Ernest James Hayford, Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, Mark Christian Hayford, Hester Hayford, Helen Mary Hayford, and Sydney Spencer Hayford [citation needed]

Joseph de Graft Hayford (1840–1919) was a Ghanaian Wesleyan Methodist minister who was a prominent figure in Fante politics and society in the Gold Coast.[3] He was one of the founders of the Fante Confederation[4] of 1867 and one of the first political detainees in Ghanaian history.[5]

  1. ^ "Rev. Joseph de Graft-Hayford". Geni.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ^ Casely-Hayford, Augustus Lavinus. "A Genealogical Study of Cape Coast Stool Families (PhD Thesis)" (PDF). The School of Oriental and African Studies. p. 209, note 23.
  3. ^ Stanley, Brian (2009). The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910'. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 9780802863607.
  4. ^ David U. Enweremadu, "Casely-Hayford, Joseph Ephraim", in Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, and Steven J. Niven (eds), Dictionary of African Biography, Oxford University Press USA, 2012, Vol. 2, p. 43.
  5. ^ Attoh Ahuma, Rev. S. R. B. (1971) [1911]. The Gold Coast Nation and National Consciousness (Second ed.). Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 9781136971068.