Claim: Ofori Atta I's rule began in 1950.
Evidence: Nana Sir Ofori Atta I, KBE, Kt (11 October 1881 – 21 August 1943) was the Okyenhene or King of the Akyem people and of Akyem Abuakwa, a kingdom that stretches back to the thirteenth century and was one of the most influential kingdoms of the then Gold Coast Colony. 1912 – 1943