Summary of the Proceedings of the Inaugural Ceremony of the Busia Foundation, 18th July 1998

The proceedings of the inaugural ceremony of the Busia foundation held at the British council Hall on July 18 1998 contained a series of interesting lectures by distinguished Ghanaian Scholars who have been in one way or other associated with the late Prof Kofi Abrefa Busia, and present their assessment of him from their various perspectives.

For example, the well known Professor Emeritus J H Nketia, ethno-musicologist who first started his inter-relationship with Dr K A Busia in the 1950s, presented him as a researcher.

Professor K. E de Graft- Johnson, sociologist and a former student of Dr Busia presented him in his paper as a teacher. The late Very Rev'd Professor Emeritus Kwesi Dickson, former President of All African Conference of churches and served for seven years as the President of the Ghana Methodist Church, and taught also for many years in the Dept. of the study of Religious University of Ghana presented his paper on "Busia as a Christian".

Other presentations on Busia at the event continued to evaluate his life from various angles. Notably the lecture on "Busia in Exile” was ably presented by Dr K A Busia's own daughter, Professor Abena Busia, lecturer at the State University of Rutgers in New Jersey, United States. B. J. Da Rocha, a well known legal consultant and general Secretary of Dr Busia's Progress Party from 1969 - 1972, delivered his paper on Busia as a politician and a statesman.

The booklet detailing this event also contains a keynote address by Mr. J. H Mensah, finance Minister in the Second Republic of Dr. Busia, and currently senior Minister in the present administration, on "The Legacy of Kofi Busia"

Copies of the booklet, containing the full lectures, are available from Busia Foundation