Preceded by New Position Died January 25, 1967, Ghana Role Justice | Name Kobina Korsah Preceded by Sir Mark Wilson | |
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Born 3 April 1894Saltpond, Ghana ( 1894-04-03 ) Education Mfantsipim Senior High School | ||
Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (3 April 1894, Saltpond – 25 January 1967) was the first black Chief Justice of Ghana (then the Gold Coast) in 1956.
Biography
Born in Saltpond, Korsah was educated at Mfantsipim School, Fourah Bay College (BA degree in 1915), Durham University and London University (LLB in 1919).
In 1942, Nana Sir Ofori Atta and Sir Arku Korsah were the first two Ghanaians to be appointed to the Legislative Council by the then Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Alan Burns. Korsah was one of the 20 founding members of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959. After the Kulungugu attack on President Kwame Nkrumah in August 1962, Sir Arku Korsah presided over the trial of five defendants. At the end of that trial, three of the accused were found not guilty and this displeased the Nkrumah government. Nkrumah sacked Sir Arku as Chief Justice in December 1963 unconstitutionally.