page_title: Achimota School
section_title: Male houses
hierarchical_section_title: Achimota School / Campus life / Houses / Male houses
caption_attribution_description: English: Inauguration of Achimota School,1927
context_page_description: Achimota School, formerly Prince of Wales College and School, Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school was founded in 1924 by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey and the Rev. Alec Garden Fraser. It was formally opened in 1927 by Sir Frederick Guggisberg, then Governor of the British Gold Coast colony. Achimota, modelled on the British public school system, was the first mixed-gender school to be established on the Gold Coast.
  The school has educated many African leaders, including Kwame Nkrumah, Edward Akufo-Addo, Jerry John Rawlings, and John Evans Atta Mills all of whom are former Heads of State of Ghana. Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama had his primary education there while former Prime Minister of Ghana, Kofi Abrefa Busia also taught at Achimota. Also included in its list of African heads of state are Zimbabwe's second president Robert Mugabe and Sir Dawda Jawara, first head of state of The Gambia. An alumnus/alumna of Achimota is known as an "Akora".
context_section_description: Fraser House (W) – named after the Rev. Alexander (Alec) Garden Fraser
  Aggrey House (E) – named after James Kwegyir Aggrey.
  Guggisberg House (E) – named after Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg Popular called G'berg house, it was the first house to be built.
  Gyamfi House (E) – named after a former student and member of the Asante royal family. Gyamfi died while a student at Achimota, and one of the consequences of his death was that the Asante Kingdom decided to have its own version of Achimota closer to home, thus was born Prempeh College.
  Cadbury House (E) – named after Cadbury
  Lugard House (E) – named after Lord Lugard, former Governor of Nigeria
  Livingstone House (E) – named after David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary explorer of Africa
  Kwapong House (W) – named after Alexander Kwapong, alumnus and first African Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon and Vice Rector of the UN University, Tokyo
caption: Inauguration of Achimota College, 1927
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