William Ofori Atta

William Ofori Atta (10 Oktoba 1910 - 14 Yuli 1988), wanda aka fi sani da "Paa Willie", ɗan Ghana ne wanda ya kafa kungiyar United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) kuma daya daga cikin iyayen da suka kafa Ghana a matsayin daya daga cikin "Big Six" da gwamnatin 'yan mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya ta tsare a lokacin Gold Coast. Daga baya ya zama ministan harkokin waje a jamhuriya ta biyu ta Ghana tsakanin shekarun 1971 da 1972. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Nana William Ofori Atta a Kyebi kuma ɗan Nana Sir Ofori Atta I wanda shi ne Omanhene (Sarkin) na Akyem Abuakwa tsakanin shekarun 1912 zuwa 1943.  Don haka ya kasance mai martaba daga zuriyar sarautar Ofori-Atta, duk da cewa mutanen Akan (wanda ya fito) a al'adance na matrilineal ne ya sa shi ba datn sarki ba ne. William Ofori Atta ya halarci makarantar Mfantsipim,   amma an cire shi zuwa makarantar Achimota inda ya kasance cikin ruƙunin farko na ɗaliban da suka fara zama na takardar shaidar makarantar Cambridge.  Wasu daga cikin abokan makarantarsa sun haɗa da Komla Agbeli Gbedemah da Edward Akufo-Addo.  Ruƙunin ɗalibansa kuma sun fara karatun digiri na tsakiya. Shi ne kuma shugaban makarantar farko a Makarantar. Wannan shiri ya ci gaba da zama  cibiyar Jami'ar Ghana.  Ya halarci Kwalejin Queens, Jami'ar Cambridge daga shekarun 1935 zuwa 1938. Ya zama lauya a shekarar 1956.  'Yar uwarsa ita ce Susan Ofori-Atta, mace ta farko 'yar Ghana da ta zama likita.

 Siyasa 
William Ofori Atta ya kasance memba na kafa United Gold Coast Convention bayan shiga cikin shekarar 1947.  Ya lashe ɗaya daga cikin kujerun Akim Abuakwa a lokacin zaɓen shekara ta 1951 na Gold Coast. Daga baya ya zama shugaban jam'iyyar United Party mai adawa da Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah ne ya tsare Ofori Atta a lokacin jamhuriya ta farko a ƙarƙashin dokar hana tsare mutane.   A lokacin jamhuriya ta biyu, ya wakilci mutanen Akwatia a matsayin ɗan majalisar wakilai ta ɗaya ta jamhuriya ta biyu, ya kuma kasance ministan ilimi  sannan kuma ministan harkokin ƙasashen waje a gwamnatin jam'iyyar Progress ta Dr. Busia. Ya kasance memba mai himma a cikin kungiyar Jama'a ta Movement for Freedom and Justice (PMFJ) wacce ta yi yakin adawa da ra'ayin 'Gwamnatin Tarayya' ta Janar IK Acheampong, Shugaban ƙasar Ghana a lokacin kuma Shugaban Majalisar Koli ta Sojoji (SMC). Wannan wani yunƙuri ne na gwamnatin soja na tsawaita mulkin soja maimakon mayar da mulki ga farar hula.   Bayan faɗuwar jam'iyyar SMC, ya tsaya takarar shugaban ƙasa a zaɓen shugaban ƙasar Ghana na shekarar 1979 kan tikitin taron ƙasa da ƙasa  ya zo na uku da kashi 17.41 na kuri'un jama'a.  Daga ƙarshe ya zama shugaban majalisar jiha ta jamhuriya ta uku. Ya kuma yunƙura don samar da jagororin manufofin tattalin arziki da dama tare da manufa ɗaya; "tabbatar da ci gaban ƙasa mai karfi da tattalin arzikin zamani wanda 'yan ƙasa ke rayuwa cikin mutunci".  A gare shi, ginshiƙin manufofin tattalin arziƙin Ghana ya ta'allaka ne wajen sauya fannin noma zuwa sana'a mai fa'ida da fa'ida wacce za ta samar da tushe ga fa'idodin shirye-shiryen masana'antu.

 Bayan rayuwa 
William Ofori Atta ya zama Kirista mai kishin addini kuma ya taka rawa iri-iri a da'irar Kirista.  Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Accra Chapel Trust, (yanzu Korle-Bu Community Chapel) cocin bishara mai zaman kanta a asibitin koyarwa na Korle Bu a Accra a cikin shekarar 1967.  Ofori Atta ya gabatar da laccocin Tunawa da JB Danquah wanda Cibiyar Nazarin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Ghana ta shirya a shekarar 1985. Taken sa shi ne - "Ghana, Al'umma a cikin Rikicin".  Ya rasu a shekarar 1988 kuma an yi jana’izarsa a jihar. 

 Laccocin Tunawa da William Ofori-Atta 
William Ofori-Atta Memorial Lectures an kafa shi ne don tunawa da shi bayan mutuwarsa. 

 Adabi 

 Sawyerr, Harry, William Ofori Atta, 1979 
 Ghana, al'ummar da ke cikin mawuyacin hali 
 Manufar kasa mai cin gashin kanta ta Ghana

 Duba kuma 

 Manyan Shida
 Ministan Harkokin Waje (Ghana)
 Taron United Gold Coast

 Labarai 



 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1988
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1910