Kofi Baako

Kofi Baako (1926-1984) ɗan wasan Ghana ne, malami kuma ɗan siyasa. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Ministan Tsaro a Gwamnatin Nkrumah a lokacin Jamhuriyar Ghana ta farko har sai da aka hamɓarar da ita a shekarar 1966. An kuma gudanar da shi wasu ma'aikatu daban-daban a duk lokacin mulkin Jam'iyyar Jama'a ta (CPP)

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Mahaifin Kofi Baako malami ne. Ya sa Kofi Baako ya fara makaranta lokacin da yake ɗan shekara uku kawai. Bayan kammala karatunsa na firamare a Makarantar Roman Katolika a asalinsa Saltpond, ya ci gaba da karatun sakandare a Kwalejin St. Augustine, Cape Coast. 

 Ayyuka da siyasa 
Baako ya zama malami kuma daga baya ma'aikacin gwamnati. Jawabin Kwame Nkrumah da ke ba da shawara ga 'yancin kai ga Ghana ne ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi. Wannan ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ya rubuta wani labarin, "Kiyayya da Imperialism" wanda ya haifar da korarsa daga aikinsa. Daga baya ya sadu da Nkrumah wanda ya sanya shi babban editan jaridar Cape Coast Daily Mail lokacin da yake da shekaru ashirin kawai. Wani labarin da ya rubuta daga baya yayin da yake tare da Daily Mail shine "Muna Kira ga 'Yanci. " Wannan ya sa gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta ɗaure shi. Nkrumah da wasu shugabannin Jam'iyyar Jama'a sun kasance a kurkuku tare da shi. Daga baya lokacin da Nkrumah ya lashe zaben kuma ya kafa gwamnati, wasu daga cikin wadannan mutanen da ke kurkuku tare da shi sun zama ministoci a gwamnatin Nkrumah.

An zabi Kofi Baako a matsayin dan majalisa mai wakiltar Saltpond a yankin tsakiyar kasar Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah ya nada shi karamin minista a gwamnatinsa ta mulkin mallaka kafin samun ‘yancin kai. Ya ci gaba da ayyuka daban-daban a tsawon lokacin mulkin Nkrumah. A cikin shekarun farko na gwamnati, da farko ya kasance Minista ba tare da fayil ba kafin a nada shi Ministan Yaɗa Labarai da Watsa Labarai a watan Agustan 1957, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama minista mafi karancin shekaru ba kawai a Ghana  ba, har ma a cikin kasashen Commonwealth na Burtaniya baki ɗaya. An naɗa shi muƙamin ne tun yana ɗan shekara 29 kacal. 

Baako ya yi aiki a matsayin Ministan Tsaro tsakanin watan Satumba 1961 da ranar 24 ga watan Fabrairu 1966.

 Sauran ayyukan 
An san shi da kasancewa mai kyau a wasanni kuma yana aiki a kwallon kafa, wasan kurket kuma ya kasance zakaran wasan tennis na ƙasa. Abubuwan da yake sha'awa sun haɗa da karatu da ɗaukar hoto."The Shadow of the Sun". Books excerpt. The New York Times on the web. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

 Iyali 
Baako tana da 'ya'ya hudu. Ɗaya daga cikinsu, Kweku Baako Jnr ɗan jarida ne kuma editan jaridar New Crusading Guide . 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1984
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1926