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((Short description|Former political party in colonial Ghana which fought for independence (1947-52)))
((More citations needed|date=December 2009))
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| name = United Gold Coast Convention
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|logo               = 
|leader             = [[George Alfred Grant]]
|chairman           = 
|president          = 
|secretary          = [[Kwame Nkrumah]]
|spokesperson       = Kwame Nkrumah
|leader1_title      = Founder
|leader1_name       = [[George Alfred Grant]]<br />[[ (Ghana)| ]]
|foundation         = 4 August 1947<!-- ((Start date|YYYY|MM|DD)) -->
|dissolution        = 1952<!-- ((End date|YYYY|MM|DD)) -->
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|headquarters       = [[Accra]]
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|ideology           = [[Conservatism]]<ref name="Aubynn">((Cite book |first=Anthony Kwesi |last=Aubynn |chapter=Behind the Transparent Ballot Box: The Significance of the 1990s Elections in Ghana |title=Multi-Party Elections in Africa |publisher=[[James Currey]] |year=2002 |page=77))</ref><ref>((Cite book |first=Kathryn |last=Firmin-Sellers |chapter=The Concentration of Authority: Constitutional Creation in the Gold Coast, 1950 |title=Polycentric Governance and Development |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] |year=1999 |page=191))</ref>
|position           = [[Centre-right]]<ref name="Aubynn"/>
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|seats1_title       = [[Gold Coast legislative election, 1951|1951 elections]]
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The '''United Gold Coast Convention''' ('''UGCC''') was a [[political party]] founded in 1947 whose aim was to bring about [[Ghana]]ian independence from their [[British Empire|British]] colonial masters after the [[Second World War]].<ref>((Cite journal|title='Allah Might Provide the Fuel': Muslim Sailors in British Colonial Navies, from the Second World War to Independence|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781474249454.ch-009|journal=Combatants of Muslim Origin in European Armies in the Twentieth Century: Far from Jihad|year=2017|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|doi=10.5040/9781474249454.ch-009|isbn=978-1-4742-4945-4|access-date=22 August 2020))</ref> The United Gold Coast Convention appointed its leaders to include [[Kwame Nkrumah]], who was the Secretary General. However, upon an allegation for plans against Nkrumah's leadership, he was arrested and jailed.<ref>((Cite web|title=Nkrumah, Dr Kwame (21 Sept. 1909–27 April 1972)|date=1 December 2007|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u158013|work=Who Was Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u158013|access-date=24 August 2020))</ref> The UGCC leadership broke up and Kwame Nkrumah went on a separate way to set up the [[Convention People's Party]] (CPP) for the purpose of self-governance.<ref name="10.2307/j.ctvk3gm60.9">((Cite journal|title=SECRETARY OF THE UGCC|date=15 November 2007|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvk3gm60.9|journal=Kwame Nkrumah. Vision and Tragedy|pages=52–72|publisher=Sub-Saharan Publishers|doi=10.2307/j.ctvk3gm60.9|isbn=978-9988-647-81-0|access-date=22 August 2020))</ref> 
The UGCC was founded in Saltpond.

==History==
In the 1940s, African merchants, such as [[George Alfred Grant]] ("Paa Grant"), were ready to finance the organization of a political movement to assure their commercial interests in the face of unfair colonial practices. The party was founded by [[George Alfred Grant]] on 4 August 1947 by a combination of chiefs, academics and lawyers,<ref>Birmingham, David, ''Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism'' (revised edition), [[Ohio University Press]], 1998, p. 13.</ref> including R. A. Awoonor-Williams, [[Robert Samuel Blay]], [[Edward Akufo-Addo]], and [[Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey]].<ref>((Cite web|title=Ghana pays tribute to founders' - Graphic Online|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/ghana-pays-tribute-to-founders.html|access-date=5 August 2020|website=www.graphic.com.gh|language=en-gb))</ref>

On 10 December 1947, [[Kwame Nkrumah]] returned to the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], accepting Danquah's invitation to become the UGCC [[General Secretary]]. [[The Big Six (Ghana)|Big Six]] member [[Ebenezer Ako-Adjei]] recommended inviting Nkrumah, whom he had met at [[Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)|Lincoln University]].<ref name="10.2307/j.ctvk3gm60.9" /> Nkrumah was offered a salary of £250, and Paa Grant paid the boat fare from [[Liverpool]] in England to the Gold Coast.<ref>Birmingham, David, ''Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism'' (revised edition), Ohio University Press, 1998.</ref> Danquah and Nkrumah subsequently disagreed over the direction of the independence movement and parted ways after two years.<ref name="10.1628/978-3-16-158695-8">((Cite book|last1=Becker|first1=Adam H.|last2=Reed|first2=Annette Yoshiko|date=2020|title=The Ways that Never Parted|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-158695-8|doi=10.1628/978-3-16-158695-8|isbn=9783161586958|s2cid=219810031 ))</ref> Nkrumah went on to form the [[Convention People's Party]] (CPP) in 1949 and eventually became the first president of independent Ghana.<ref name="10.1628/978-3-16-158695-8" /> There was a meeting between Nkrumah and members of the party which occurred in [[Saltpond]], a town in Central region. It was said Nkrumah rejected a proposal for the promotion of fundamental human rights.<ref>((Cite web|date=6 August 2020|title=Sekou Nkrumah Fights Oquaye Over Founders' Day|url=https://dailyguidenetwork.com/283102-2/|access-date=7 August 2020|website=DailyGuide Network|language=en-US))</ref>

The UGCC performed poorly in the [[Gold Coast legislative election, 1951|1951 elections]], winning only three seats.  The following year, it merged with the [[National Democratic Party (Gold Coast)|National Democratic Party]] and disaffected members of the CPP, to form the [[Ghana Congress Party]].<ref>((cite news |title=The Gold Coast on trial: parties and personalities of the new order |work=The Times |date=4 June 1951))</ref><ref>((cite news |title=Policy of new Gold Coast party |work=The Times |date=6 May 1952))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gold Coast (British colony)]]
*[[The Big Six (Ghana)]]

==References==
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((Ghanaian political parties))
((The Big Six))
((Authority control))

[[Category:History of Ghana]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Ghana]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1947]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1952]]


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