Religious affiliation(s) Christian Established 3 April 1876 Motto Dwen Hwe Kan | Denomination Methodist Headmaster Manfred Barton-Oduro Phone +233 54 644 0559 Founded 3 April 1876 | |
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Type Public Secondary/High School Similar Adisadel College, Wesley Girls' High School, Aggrey Memorial Senior Hi, Holy Child School, Saint Augustine's College | ||
Mfantsipim is a Methodist secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana. It has origins in the first secondary school to be established in the Gold Coast, (now Ghana), Wesleyan High School, founded on 3 April 1876. The first principal was James Picot, who was 18 years old at the time. The school changed its name to Wesleyan Collegiate School in 1896.
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In 1905 a graduate of the school, John Mensah Sarbah, founded a rival school named Mfantsipim; the name derives from "Mfantsefo-apem", literally meaning "thousands of Fantes" but actually meaning "the gathering of hosts of scholars for change" originally by Fantes. In July of the same year the two schools were merged under the control of the Methodist church, keeping the name Mfantsipim. In 1931 the school moved to the present site at Kwabotwe Hill in the northern part of Cape Coast, at the top of Kotokuraba Road.
Headmasters
Koame Mieza Edjah was appointed headmaster in 2008. He was succeeded by J. K. A. Simpson.
Alumni
Alumni of the school include Kofi Annan, Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary-General of the United Nations; Kofi Abrefa Busia, former prime minister of Ghana; Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson, academic, engineer and politician; J.E. Casely Hayford, journalist and politician; and Alex Quaison-Sackey, diplomat.but Achimota senior high is the best.