Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka (October 26, 1926 – April 17, 1967) was a member of the ruling National Liberation Council which came to power in Ghana in a military coup d'état on February 24, 1966. This overthrew the government of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the republic.
Emmanuel Kotoka was born at Alakple, a village in the Keta district of the Volta Region of Ghana. He completed his basic education at the Alakple Roman ...
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Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka (October 26, 1926 – April 17, 1967) was a member of the ruling National Liberation Council which came to power in Ghana in a military coup d'état on February 24, 1966. This overthrew the government of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the republic.
Emmanuel Kotoka was born at Alakple, a village in the Keta district of the Volta Region of Ghana. He completed his basic education at the Alakple Roman Catholic School and later the Anloga Senior School in 1941. He started training as a goldsmith but switched to a career in the military.
In July 1947, he enlisted as a private in the Infantry School of the Gold Coast Regiment at Teshie in Accra. He rose through the ranks, becoming a sergeant in 1948 and later Company Sergeant Major in 1951. In 1952, he was among some west African soldiers selected for training at Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom. In 1954, he was commissioned as a lieutenant and seconded to the British army...
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