Jacob Wilson Sey

Jacob Kwaw Wilson Sey (10 March 1832 – 22 May 1902), dem san know am as Kwaa Bonyi, be a colonial era Fante artisan, farmer, philanthropist, nationalist den de first recorded indigenous multi-millionaire for de Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). He play a major role insyd de Aborigines' Rights Protection Society (ARPS), dem found make e oppose de 1896 Crown Lands Bill den de 1897 Lands Bill wey dey threaten de traditional land tenure system den stipulate say make de British colonial government control all unused lands. Na de society be de 19th-century precursor wey lay de foundation for de mid-20th-century "ideological warfare" push by de Gold Coast intelligentsia den de independence movement. Sam academic scholars dey regard Sey as de "first real architect and financier towards Ghana's independence" den de ARPS as "the first attempt to institutionalize nationalist sentiment in the then Gold Coast."  

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