"There has never lived a people worth writing about who have not shaped out a destiny for themselves, or carved out their own opportunity."
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J. E. Casely Hayford
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, MBE (29 September 1866 β 11 August 1930), also known as Ekra-Agyeman, was a prominent Fante Gold Coast journalist, editor, author, lawyer, educator, and politician who supported pan-African nationalism. His 1911 novel ' is one of the earliest novels published in English by an African.
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