476:(1911), which is one of the first novels in English by an African. It has been cited as the earliest pan-African fiction. The novel is set in both Africa and England. It relies on philosophical debates between an African and his English friend, as well as references to contemporary African events and ancient African history, to provide a context for its exploration of African identity and the struggle for
462:
Union. He was criticised for accepting inadequate concessions from the colonial authorities. While promoting an
African nationalism that demanded unity and cultural awareness among Africans, Hayford advocated only constitutional political reforms within the framework of Ghana remaining a colony. He
375:
Casely
Hayford wrote several books, primarily as commentary and opposition to land management acts issued by the colonial government, such as the Crown Lands Bill of 1897, and the Forest Ordinance of 1911. His view was that African identity and African social stability were inextricably linked to
514:, a lady of Sierra Leonean Creole origins. They later married, and she returned with him to the Gold Coast in 1896 after he was received by the bar. She became a prominent writer and established a Freetown girl's vocational school. Adelaide and Joseph had a daughter,
38:
458:, one of the earliest formal organisations working toward African emancipation from colonial rule. He represented the Congress in London in 1920, to demand constitutional reforms from the colonial secretary, and address the
297:
Upon returning to Ghana, Casely
Hayford became a high school teacher. He eventually was promoted to principal at Accra Wesleyan Boys' High School. He was dismissed from his position at the school for his political activism.
696:
255:
church, and was a prominent figure in
Ghanaian politics. His mother was from the Brew family, descended from the 18th-century Irish trader Richard Brew and his African concubine. Brew settled in this area about 1745.
827:
972:
977:
808:
917:
467:
in 1925, and was elected as municipal member for
Sekondi in September 1927. The National Congress was dissolved shortly after Casely Hayford's death in 1930.
987:
952:
907:
794:
Osei-Nyame, Kwadwo, "Pan-Africanist
Ideology and the African Historical Novel of Self-Discovery: The Examples of Kobina Sekyi and J. E. Casely Hayford",
957:
447:
656:
922:
455:
364:
725:
443:
824:
454:
for services in aid of the Prince of Wales's
Patriotic Fund. In the same year, he formed West Africa's first nationalist movement, the
932:
947:
755:
632:
561:
545:
962:
439:
in 1912. Casely
Hayford's correspondence with Washington fostered the pan-African movement in both Africa and the United States.
912:
464:
400:
992:
691:
436:
339:
on 17 November 1896. That year, he returned with his second wife
Adelaide to Ghana to private law practice in Cape Coast,
259:
Casely was one of Joseph's middle names; he adopted Casely
Hayford as a non-hyphenated double surname. His brothers were
937:
394:
While visiting London to protest the Forest Ordinance of 1911, he was part of a group that gave financial assistance to
518:(1904–1950), who was a teacher, an artist and a poet, publishing some of her poems under the pen name of Aquah Laluah.
510:
While in London studying at the Inner Temple and lodging at a hostel for African bachelors in 1893, Casely Hayford met
942:
221:
183:
66:
28:
147:
982:
967:
515:
427:
Casely Hayford was also deeply involved in the political movement for African emancipation. He corresponded with
143:
809:"Margaret Casely-Hayford: The ActionAid UK chair talks talent, diversity and building a great company culture"
511:
504:
248:
165:
129:
538:
Gold Coast Native Institutions: With Thoughts Upon A Healthy Imperial Policy for the Gold Coast and Ashanti
503:
became a barrister, district magistrate and the first Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the
772:
653:
477:
446:
of the Gold Coast in 1916. As a legislator, he served on various public commissions, and was appointed an
927:
500:
451:
391:
governmental institutions, and argued for a self-governing Gold Coast within a federal greater Britain.
332:
139:
597:
902:
897:
432:
405:
327:
In 1893, Casely Hayford travelled to London to study as a barrister at the Honourable Society of the
284:
260:
157:
865:
565:
493:
395:
569:
409:
360:
276:
169:
161:
770:
Eluwa, G. I. C., "Background to the Emergence of the National Congress of British West Africa",
751:
745:
721:
628:
557:
541:
459:
356:
336:
849:
An African Victorian Feminist. The Life and times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1868–1960
552:
472:
428:
243:
204:
115:
831:
660:
417:
195:
883:
Thoemmes Continuum – The History of Ideas: Writings of Ekra-Agiman (J. E. Casely Hayford)
594:
West African Leadership: Public speeches delivered by the Honourable J. E. Casely Hayford
492:
family of Ghana and Britain. His descendants have served as part of the latter country's
882:
860:
489:
388:
199:
891:
835:
741:
747:
The Pan-African Movement: A History of Pan-Africanism in America, Europe, and Africa
37:
413:
384:
328:
232:
192:
715:
622:
531:
272:
217:
62:
283:, Sierra Leone. While in Freetown, Casely Hayford became an avid follower of
252:
198:
journalist, editor, author, lawyer, educator, and politician who supported
442:
Casely Hayford's career in public office began with his nomination to the
280:
237:
308:
By 1888, Casely Hayford was the editor, and he renamed the paper as the
344:
681:, London: Africa Journal Ltd for Africa Books Ltd, 1981, pp. 125–126.
499:
He was first married to Beatrice Madeline Pinnock. The couple's son
421:
367:, the first anti-colonial organisation founded in the Gold Coast.
348:
289:
225:
208:
is one of the earliest novels published in English by an African.
340:
271:
Casely Hayford attended Wesley Boys' High School (now known as
216:
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford was born on 29 September 1866 in
376:
conservation of existing conventions concerning land rights.
251:(1840–1919), was educated and ordained as a minister in the
351:. He also continued his work as a journalist, editing the
287:, the foremost pan-African figure at the time, who edited
654:"JE Casely Hayford – Leading West African Pan-Africanist"
305:
which was owned by his maternal uncle James Hutton Brew.
294:
the first explicitly pan-African journal in West Africa.
16:
Gold Coast journalist, lawyer and politician (1866–1930)
263:, a doctor, and the Reverend Mark Hayford, a minister.
717:
Africa in the World: Capitalism, Empire, Nation-State
187:(29 September 1866 – 11 August 1930), also known as
863:, "Gladys May Casely-Hayford ('Aquah Laluah')", in
247:, was part of the Fante coastal elite. His father,
153:
135:
123:
108:
85:
73:
44:
23:
301:In 1885, he began working as a journalist for the
838:on Independence eve". Retrieved 14 December 2010.
312:. From 1890 to 1896, he was co-proprietor of the
582:William Waddy Harris, the West African reformer
798:Vol. 12, No. 2 (1999; pp. 137–153), p. 139 n1.
553:Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation
528:The Truth About The West African Land Question
776:, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1971; pp. 205–218), p. 213.
8:
973:Journalists from Gold Coast (British colony)
720:. Harvard University Press. pp. 57–58.
697:"Hayford, Joseph Ephraim Casely (HFRT893JE)"
679:Makers of Modern Africa: Profiles in History
648:
646:
644:
556:(1911. Reprinted London: Frank Cass, 1969,
540:(1903. Reprinted London: Frank Cass, 1970,
978:Members of the Order of the British Empire
576:Gold Coast Land Tenure and the Forest Bill
530:(1898. Reprinted, 1913. Reprinted London:
36:
20:
807:Currie, Lysanne Currie (1 October 2015),
488:Casely Hayford was the progenitor of the
918:Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
690:According to Venn, Casely Hayford was a
616:
614:
456:National Congress of British West Africa
869:(1992), Vintage edn, 1993, pp. 217–220.
610:
851:. Boston: Frank Cass, 1986, pp. 22 f.
750:. Taylor & Francis. p. 223.
673:
671:
669:
437:International Conference on the Negro
365:Aborigines' Rights Protection Society
7:
796:Journal of African Cultural Studies,
988:People from Central Region (Ghana)
953:Ghanaian people of English descent
14:
908:20th-century Ghanaian politicians
316:. He also wrote articles for the
958:Ghanaian people of Irish descent
235:and descendants of a dynasty of
923:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
621:Martin, G. (23 December 2012).
463:became the first patron of the
401:African Times and Orient Review
355:. In 1904, he helped found the
148:Connie Elizabeth Casely-Hayford
825:National Commission On Culture
470:He published a novel entitled
381:Gold Coast Native Institutions
1:
663:, African History, About.com.
179:Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford
49:Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford
465:West African Students' Union
404:off the ground. Others were
701:A Cambridge Alumni Database
1009:
714:Cooper, Frederick (2014).
703:. University of Cambridge.
568:, with an Introduction by
127:Beatrice Madeline Pinnock
933:Fourah Bay College alumni
830:23 September 2017 at the
677:"Casely-Hayford, J. E.",
624:African Political Thought
516:Gladys May Casely-Hayford
318:Wesleyan Methodist Times.
144:Gladys May Casely-Hayford
35:
948:Ghanaian pan-Africanists
659:30 November 2011 at the
359:. In 1910, he succeeded
323:Inner Temple and the bar
231:His family, part of the
963:Ghanaian schoolteachers
834:: "The men who flanked
652:Boddy-Evans, Alistair,
505:First Republic of Ghana
249:Joseph de Graft Hayford
200:pan-African nationalism
166:Margaret Casely-Hayford
130:Adelaide Casely-Hayford
913:20th-century novelists
773:African Studies Review
692:non-collegiate student
431:, and participated in
993:Casely-Hayford family
501:Archie Casely-Hayford
452:1919 Birthday Honours
333:Peterhouse, Cambridge
275:) in Cape Coast, and
140:Archie Casely-Hayford
847:Cromwell, Adelaide:
433:Booker T. Washington
363:as president of the
314:Gold Coast Chronicle
285:Edward Wilmot Blyden
261:Ernest James Hayford
158:Ernest James Hayford
25:J. E. Casely Hayford
938:Ghanaian Methodists
866:Daughters of Africa
566:Black Classic Press
494:Black British elite
484:Marriage and family
444:Legislative Council
383:, Hayford analysed
943:Ghanaian novelists
588:United West Africa
570:Molefi Kete Asante
371:Political activism
361:John Mensah Sarbah
277:Fourah Bay College
191:, was a prominent
170:Gus Casely-Hayford
162:Joe Casely-Hayford
983:Newspaper editors
727:978-0-674-36931-3
598:Magnus J. Sampson
460:League of Nations
379:In his 1903 book
357:Mfantsipim School
353:Gold Coast Leader
337:called to the Bar
220:, in the British
202:. His 1911 novel
176:
175:
168:(granddaughter);
59:29 September 1866
1000:
968:Ghanaian writers
870:
858:
852:
845:
839:
822:
816:
805:
799:
792:
786:
783:
777:
768:
762:
761:
738:
732:
731:
711:
705:
704:
688:
682:
675:
664:
650:
639:
638:
618:
473:Ethiopia Unbound
429:W. E. B. Du Bois
396:Dusé Mohamed Ali
233:Fante Anona clan
205:Ethiopia Unbound
186:
116:Ethiopia Unbound
111:
80:
58:
56:
40:
21:
1008:
1007:
1003:
1002:
1001:
999:
998:
997:
888:
887:
879:
874:
873:
861:Busby, Margaret
859:
855:
846:
842:
832:Wayback Machine
823:
819:
806:
802:
793:
789:
784:
780:
769:
765:
758:
740:
739:
735:
728:
713:
712:
708:
695:
689:
685:
676:
667:
661:Wayback Machine
651:
642:
635:
620:
619:
612:
607:
524:
486:
418:Oguntola Sapara
406:Francis T. Dove
373:
325:
310:Gold Coast Echo
269:
214:
182:
128:
109:
104:
78:
69:
60:
54:
52:
51:
50:
31:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1006:
1004:
996:
995:
990:
985:
980:
975:
970:
965:
960:
955:
950:
945:
940:
935:
930:
925:
920:
915:
910:
905:
900:
890:
889:
886:
885:
878:
877:External links
875:
872:
871:
853:
840:
817:
800:
787:
785:Eluwa, p. 216.
778:
763:
756:
742:Geiss, Imanuel
733:
726:
706:
694:at Cambridge.
683:
665:
640:
633:
609:
608:
606:
603:
602:
601:
591:
585:
579:
573:
549:
535:
523:
520:
512:Adelaide Smith
490:Casely-Hayford
485:
482:
372:
369:
324:
321:
268:
265:
213:
210:
174:
173:
155:
151:
150:
137:
133:
132:
125:
121:
120:
112:
106:
105:
103:
102:
99:
96:
93:
89:
87:
83:
82:
81:(aged 63)
77:11 August 1930
75:
71:
70:
61:
48:
46:
42:
41:
33:
32:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1005:
994:
991:
989:
986:
984:
981:
979:
976:
974:
971:
969:
966:
964:
961:
959:
956:
954:
951:
949:
946:
944:
941:
939:
936:
934:
931:
929:
926:
924:
921:
919:
916:
914:
911:
909:
906:
904:
901:
899:
896:
895:
893:
884:
881:
880:
876:
868:
867:
862:
857:
854:
850:
844:
841:
837:
833:
829:
826:
821:
818:
814:
810:
804:
801:
797:
791:
788:
782:
779:
775:
774:
767:
764:
759:
757:0-8419-0161-9
753:
749:
748:
743:
737:
734:
729:
723:
719:
718:
710:
707:
702:
698:
693:
687:
684:
680:
674:
672:
670:
666:
662:
658:
655:
649:
647:
645:
641:
636:
634:9781137062055
630:
626:
625:
617:
615:
611:
604:
599:
595:
592:
589:
586:
583:
580:
577:
574:
571:
567:
563:
562:0-7146-1753-9
559:
555:
554:
550:
547:
546:0-7146-1754-7
543:
539:
536:
533:
529:
526:
525:
521:
519:
517:
513:
508:
506:
502:
497:
495:
491:
483:
481:
479:
475:
474:
468:
466:
461:
457:
453:
449:
445:
440:
438:
434:
430:
425:
423:
419:
415:
411:
407:
403:
402:
397:
392:
390:
386:
382:
377:
370:
368:
366:
362:
358:
354:
350:
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
322:
320:
319:
315:
311:
306:
304:
303:Western Echo,
299:
295:
293:
291:
286:
282:
278:
274:
266:
264:
262:
257:
254:
250:
246:
245:
240:
239:
234:
229:
227:
223:
219:
211:
209:
207:
206:
201:
197:
194:
190:
185:
180:
171:
167:
163:
159:
156:
152:
149:
145:
141:
138:
134:
131:
126:
122:
118:
117:
113:
107:
100:
97:
94:
91:
90:
88:
84:
76:
72:
68:
64:
47:
43:
39:
34:
30:
22:
19:
928:Fante people
864:
856:
848:
843:
820:
813:The Director
812:
803:
795:
790:
781:
771:
766:
746:
736:
716:
709:
700:
686:
678:
627:. Springer.
623:
596:; edited by
593:
587:
581:
575:
551:
537:
527:
522:Bibliography
509:
498:
487:
478:emancipation
471:
469:
441:
426:
414:Sierra Leone
399:
393:
380:
378:
374:
352:
329:Inner Temple
326:
317:
313:
309:
307:
302:
300:
296:
288:
270:
258:
242:
236:
230:
224:colony, now
215:
203:
189:Ekra-Agyeman
188:
178:
177:
164:(grandson);
114:
110:Notable work
79:(1930-08-11)
18:
903:1930 deaths
898:1866 births
410:C. W. Betts
398:to get his
160:(brother);
86:Occupations
892:Categories
605:References
532:Frank Cass
273:Mfantsipim
267:Early life
222:Gold Coast
218:Cape Coast
196:Gold Coast
172:(grandson)
101:politician
92:Journalist
67:Gold Coast
63:Cape Coast
55:1866-09-29
335:. He was
331:, and at
253:Methodist
238:omanhenes
212:Biography
154:Relatives
828:Archived
744:(1974).
657:Archived
416:and Dr.
281:Freetown
244:okyeames
136:Children
98:educator
836:Nkrumah
572:, 2011)
534:, 1971)
450:in the
345:Sekondi
124:Spouses
754:
724:
631:
600:(1951)
590:(1919)
584:(1915)
578:(1911)
560:
544:
389:Asante
119:(1911)
95:lawyer
422:Lagos
420:from
412:from
385:Fanti
349:Accra
290:Negro
226:Ghana
193:Fante
752:ISBN
722:ISBN
629:ISBN
558:ISBN
542:ISBN
408:and
387:and
347:and
341:Axim
241:and
74:Died
45:Born
448:MBE
435:'s
279:in
184:MBE
29:MBE
894::
811:,
699:.
668:^
643:^
613:^
564:.
507:.
496:.
480:.
424:.
343:,
228:.
181:,
146:;
142:;
65:,
815:.
760:.
730:.
637:.
548:)
292:,
57:)
53:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
