Education
Doctor Dumuah received a Doctor of Philosophy in African Studies from Howard University in 1971.
Doctor Dumuah received a Doctor of Philosophy in African Studies from Howard University in 1971.
He was also referred to as Osɔfo Okɔmfo Damuah. Review Father Damuah was a Roman Catholic priest from 1957 to 1982. He was once a consultant of Afro-American Affairs in the diocese of Pittsburgh in the United States.
He returned to Ghana in 1976.
In December 1982, Review Damuah founded the Afrikania Mission, an organization devoted to the promotion of African Traditional Religion.
Review Damuah was detained during the Nkrumah era.
This was for criticising the Convention People"s Party government for the deportation of Bishop Reginald Richard Roseveare, the then Anglican Bishop of Accra. He was released following the personal intervention of Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah, Catholic Archbishop of Cape Coast During the four month rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) in 1979, he was on record to have supported the executions, which included three former heads of state of Ghana, although the Christian Council of Ghana opposed lieutenant
He wrote:
We do not love those executed less but we love our country more. Why all
the fuss about execution? I believe that the A.F.R.C has the right to exact capital punishment for the common good of the country.
We hope and pray that the number is not too large.
Christ died on the cross to save mankind. We hope and pray that those who have to die, accept the challenge
courageously and prayerfully to save Ghana. He had however resigned from government by late 1982.
Review Damuah was appointed a member of the PNDC on 2 January 1982.