Education
Ofori Atta was educated in Basel Mission schools and at its Akuropon seminary.
Ofori Atta was educated in Basel Mission schools and at its Akuropon seminary.
He worked as a clerk, and then served in the West African Frontier Force, fighting during the Yaa Asantewaa War. "Ofori Atta was the son of a senior official of the palace. His mother was the descendant of one of the founders of the kingdom.
Once in power, he was determined to return Akyem Abuakwa to its former glory.
He was the grandfather of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghana"s former Foreign Minister and Presidential Candidate of the Nuclear Power Plant in 2008 and 2012.
Elected Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa in 1912, he became the first African member of the Legislative Council in 1916 to represent the Gold Coast.