Koi Larbi

Koi Obuadabang Larbi was an activist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 1970 to 1972.[1]

Koi Obuadabang Larbi
Supreme Court Judge
In office
5 August 1970 – 1972
Personal details
Born
Koi Obuadabang Larbi

1914
NationalityGhanaGhanaian
ChildrenMadonna Larbi
Alma materDurham University
ProfessionJudge

Biography

Koi Larbi was born in 1914 in the Gold Coast.[2] He obtained his law degree in 1943 from Durham University[3] working at the West Indian seamen hostel as the warden.[2] While in school, he was a member of the West African Students Union (WASU). He qualified as a barrister at the Middle Temple[4] in January 1944[5] and begun private practice in London.[6] He became a legal advisor to the Gold Coast Farmers' delegation in the United Kingdom in 1945,[2][7] and the following year, he became a legal advisor to the West African National Secretariat (WANS).[7] He was also a member African Progress Association and the chairman of the Committee for the Defence of People of African Descent, a committee that was formed to provide legal support to Black people.[7][8]

Koi Larbi returned to the Gold Coast to resume private legal practice. He was called to the Gold Coast bar in 1946.[9] In 1969 he was appointed member of the Council of State[10] and a year later, he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana on 5 August.[11][12] He was dismissed in 1972 when the Supreme Court was abolished by the National Redemption Council.

See also

References
  1. "The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports, Volume 1". The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports. Council for Law Reporting: vii. 1972.
  2. Adi, Hakim (1995). The 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress Revisited. New Beacon Books. p. 140. ISBN 9781873201121.
  3. "The Durham University Journal, Volume 30". The Durham University Journal. University of Durham: 413. 1972.
  4. Amissah, A. N. E (1981). Legends of the Lawless Lord. Ilen Publications. p. 2.
  5. "The law List". Stevens and Norton. 1948: 223. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Killingray, David (6 December 2012). Blacks in Britain. Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 9781136300066.
  7. Adi, Hakim (1995). The 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress Revisited. New Beacon Books. p. 140. ISBN 9781873201121.
  8. Adi, Hakim (1998). West Africans in Britain, 1900-1960: Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, and Communism. Lawrence & Wishart. p. 146. ISBN 9780853158486.
  9. Ghana (1976). The Supreme Court of Ghana centenary : souvenir, 1876-1976. University Press. p. 74.
  10. Danquah, Moses (1969). The Birth of the Second Republic. p. 33.
  11. Amissah, A. N. E (1981). The contribution of the courts to government: a West African view. Clarendon Press. p. 308. ISBN 9780198253563.
  12. "Ghana News, Issue 1". Ghana News. Embassy of Ghana: 4. 1969.


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