Kodzo Ayeke | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Ho West | |
In office 1954–1960 | |
Preceded by | New Constituency |
Succeeded by | Hans Kofi Boni |
Personal details | |
Born | Taviefe | 22 May 1923
Died | 20 May 1985 Hohoe, Ghana | (aged 61)
Cause of death | Illness |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Education | Accra Academy |
Alma mater | University of London Gray’s Inn |
Kodzo Afelete Ayeke (22 May 1923 - 20 May 1985)[1] was a Ghanaian politician, teacher, journalist, lawyer, and author. He was a member of parliament for Ho West, getting twice elected into parliament in 1954 and 1956 as a Togoland Congress member before joining the United Party on the ban of the Togoland Congress in 1958. As a journalist, he founded the Togoland Vanguard the first ever newspaper in the then Trans-Volta Togoland. An ethnic Ewe, he published two novels in the Ewe language, Asitsu Atoawo and Hlobiabia.