Funeral of Dr J.B Danquah, whose idea it was to rename the nation known as 'Gold Coast' to Ghana—one of its founding fathers. He's the first West African to obtain a PhD from a UK university. Key to establishing Uni. of Ghana. He died while imprisoned by President Nkrumah, 1965

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