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Six strange facts about the Big Six

 
 

The Big Six nicknamed colonial governor Sir Gerald Creasy "Crazy Creasy".

J.B Danquah was the first continental African to receive a doctorate in law from the University of London and also wrote a play titled "The Third Woman".

Kwame Nkrumah was born on a Saturday but went to school in the United States under the name Francis Kofi Nwia Nkrumah.

Ebenezer Ako-Adjei played a role in the establishment of the Gold Coast Broadcasting Service, later named the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.

Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey was nicknamed "Liberty Lamptey".

Edward Akufo-Addo sat on the treason trial of his fellow "Big Six" member, Ako-Adjei for his alleged involvement in the Kulungugu bomb attack.

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