Emmanuel Mate Kole
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Emmanuel Matey Kole or Nene Matey Kole (1860 in Odumase – 1939) was the konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo from 1892 until his death in 1939.
A former teacher in Basel Mission schools, he encouraged agricultural development and road-building as a ruler.[1] In 1911, despite opposition from the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society, he became the first African chief to be appointed to the Gold Coast Legislative Council.[2]
References
- ↑ Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 120.
- ↑ Roger Gocking, The History of Ghana, Greenwood Press, 2005, p. 54.
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