Path To Independence
Danquah became a member of the Legislative Council in 1946 and actively pursued independence legislation for his country. He helped to found the pro-independence United Gold Coast Convention.
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was the line of a lover’s shoulder,
his arm-turn, the path to the hills,
the sudden leap and swift thunder
of mountain boulders, his laugh.”
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“The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,
Check’ring the eastern clouds with streaks of light,
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