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FLYING TOGETHER : 3 JOYS OF GHANA COL<br />
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The story of <strong>Ghana</strong> National College is intricately connected with the political history of Cape<br />
Coast and its freedom struggle.<br />
<strong>Ghana</strong> National College is a senior high school in Cape Coast, <strong>Ghana</strong>. It is rated as one of the<br />
country's top schools.<br />
<strong>Ghana</strong> National College was established on Friday, 16 July 1948 in Cape Coast, during a period<br />
of agitation for self-government in the then Gold Coast.<br />
It was the result of the political struggle for independence while Kwame Nkrumah was imprisoned.<br />
The protest took place in several schools and colleges. As a result several teachers from St<br />
Augustines College and Mfantsipim. College were dismissed. The college was founded by<br />
Kwame Nkrumah (who later became the first President of the Republic of <strong>Ghana</strong>) using his own<br />
funds, for eight students who had been expelled by the British colonial administration from St.<br />
Augustine's College. The Gold Coast achieved independence in 1957, and the country named<br />
<strong>Ghana</strong>.<br />
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