Anthony Woode

An haifi Anthony Kobina Woode a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu 1923.  Ɗan kungiyar kwadago, ne ya taka rawa sosai a yunkurin neman 'yancin kai a gaɓar tekun Gold Coast, daga baya ta zama Ghana.

 Ayyukan siyasa 
Woode ya gana da Kwame Nkrumah lokacin da Nkrumah ya isa gaɓar tekun Gold Coast daga Biritaniya a watan Disamba na 1948 don ya zama babban sakataren Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya. Bambance-bambancen siyasa sun fara fitowa a cikin taron, wanda ya haifar da ƙananan mambobin da suka rabu don kafa Jam'iyyar Jama'a (CPP) a watan Yuni 1949. Nkrumah ya zama shugaba, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah mataimakin shugaba, da Kojo Botsio sakataren CPP.  Woode ya shiga reshen Sekondi na CPP. An zaɓe shi Babban Sakatare na Kungiyar Kwadago (TUC) a watan Agusta 1949, yana da shekaru 23 kawai.  Pobee Biney, wanda ya zama aboki na kud-da-kud kuma abokin tarayya na Woode, an zaɓe shi a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ƙasa kuma tare suka ƙirƙiri ɗabi'ar kishin ƙasa, tare da wasu da dama, a cikin TUC da CPP. Woode ya taimaka wajen yin shawarwari da ƙungiyar masu hakar ma'adinai. 

Woode ya yi barazanar kiran yajin aikin gama-gari a watan Nuwamba 1949 bayan da aka kori ma'aikatan hasashen yanayi su 60 saboda yajin aikin ba bisa ka'ida ba a watan Oktoba. A matsayinsa na Babban Sakatare na TUC, ya yi barazanar ba da umarnin duk ma'aikata da su sauke kayan aiki tare da shiga yajin aikin gama-gari. 

Tare da Kwame Nkrumah da sauransu, Woode ya taka rawar gani wajen shirya wani kamfen mai kyau, wanda ya ƙunshi manyan zanga-zangar lumana da nufin tursasa gwamnatin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya don ba da ikon kai ga mutanen yankin Gold Coast.

TUC ta ayyana yajin aikin gama-gari da tsakar dare a ranar 6 ga watan wata Janairu 1950, wanda ya haifar da Nkrumah ya ba da sanarwar fara aiki mai kyau a wani taron jama'a bayan kwana ɗaya bayan 8. Janairu.  Daga karshe an kama Woode, Nkrumah da sauran su aka ɗaure su, tare da sakin Nkrumah ne kawai lokacin da CPP ta lashe babban zaɓen da aka gudanar a watan Fabrairun 1951.

 Kamewa da ɗauri 
A ranar 9 ga watan Fabrairun 1950, an gabatar da karar Woode a gaban Kotun Majistare da ke Sekondi. Laifukan da ake tuhumarsa da shi sun haɗa da tunzura mutane su shiga yajin aikin ba bisa ka'ida ba da kuma aikata wani abu da ya saba wa tsaron lafiyar jama'a. An yanke masa hukunci a ranar 18 ga watan Fabrairu zuwa shekara guda a gidan yari.

 Tasirin Ayyuka Mai Kyau 
Fallout daga yakin neman zaɓe mai kyau ya haifar da rushewar Gold Coast TUC da kuma rabuwar ta daga CPP kamar yadda Woode, wanda tare da abokin aikinsa Pobee Biney ya wakilci mafi girman reshe na Gold Coast TUC, an kori su daga matsayin jagoranci.  Wannan ya haifar da rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin TUC a cikin shekarar 1951 lokacin da aka kafa kungiyar Kasuwanci ta Ghana (GFTUC). Kodayake ba su da muƙaman jagoranci na hukuma, Biney da Woode sun haɗa kansu da GFTUC.

A cikin babban zaɓe na 1951 na Gold Coast, an zaɓi Woode a matsayin memba na CPP na Majalisar Dokoki na mazaɓar Sefwi-Wiawso a yankin yamma.Bayan ya hau kujerarsa, ya ƙara yin suka ga jam'iyyar CPP don <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">] '' ma'aikata.

Woode ya halarci Ƙungiyar Kwaminisanci ta Duniya na Ƙungiyoyin Kasuwanci .   Tare da ayyukan ƙungiyarsa, wannan ya sanya shi cikin jerin sa ido na Hukumar Leken Asiri ta Tsakiya (CIA).. Fayil na CIA na shekarar 1955 ya nuna cewa Woode yana yin shirye-shiryen tsara Ƙungiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Ƙasa. 

A watan Oktoban 1953, bisa ga dukkan alamu ƙarƙashin matsin lamba daga turawan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, an dakatar da Woode da abokin aikinsa Turkson Ocran daga jam'iyyar CPP saboda halartar kungiyar kwadago ta duniya. 

A shekarar 1956, a jajibirin samun 'yancin kai, an hana Woode tsayawa takarar jam'iyyar CPP a babban zaɓe. Kujerar da ya riƙe a matsayin ɗan majalisar dokoki ta CPP ta samu takara ne da William Kwabena Aduhene wanda aka zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan majalisar Sefwi-Wiawso.

Shugabancin jam'iyyar CPP na ganin cewa masu hannun hagu na jam'iyyar za su yi ƙasa a gwiwa wajen samun 'yancin kai.

 Manazarta 

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