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Nana Joseph Emmanuel "Joe" Appiah (1918 – 1990) was a Ghanaian politician. He was born in Kumasi to James Appiah and Adwoa Akyaa, members of the Ashanti imperial aristocracy. His father was a schoolmaster and Methodist leader. Appiah was educated at Wesley College, Mfantsipim, and the Middle Temple. ^{[citation needed]}

During his time in the United Kingdom, he was closely involved with the West African Students' Union (WASU), eventually becoming its president. He came, through residence in London and involvement with WASU, to know many of the main players in the fight against imperial rule in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa. Not least among these was Kwame Nkrumah, to whom he became very close. Nkrumah was Appiah's first choice for best man at his wedding to Peggy Cripps in 1953. Their firstborn child, son Kwame, was born in London in 1954, followed by Ama (born 1955), Adwoa (born 1960) and Abena (born 1962).

The Appiah family returned to Ghana in late 1954. Soon after, Joe Appiah's friendship with Nkrumah was ruined. He joined the National Liberation Movement (NLM) party and won the Atwima-Amansie seat in 1957. After the General Afrifa-led coup that overthrew Nkrumah in 1966, he was asked to explain the new regime's motives to Ghana's friends and neighbours. Appiah was intermittently involved in public life as a diplomat and a government minister from then on until his retirement in 1978. ^{[citation needed]}

He returned to Kumasi, where he continued to fulfill his duties as a tribal elder. His autobiography Joe Appiah: The Autobiography of an African Patriot was published in 1990. Kwame Anthony Appiah's In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture was inspired by his father's easy cosmopolitanism. ^{[citation needed]}

Books

Appiah, Joseph (1990) The Autobiography of an African Patriot, Praeger: New York
Appiah, Kwame Anthony (1993) In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture, OUP: New York

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-'''Joseph Emmanuel "Joe" Appiah''' (1918 – 1990) was a [[Ghana]]ian politician. He was born in [[Kumasi]] to  James Appiah and Adwoa Akyaa, members of the [[Ashanti]]  imperial [[aristocracy]]. His father was a schoolmaster and [[Methodist]] leader. Appiah was educated at [[Wesley College]], [[Mfantsipim]], and the [[Middle Temple]]. {{fact|date=November 2009}}
+'''Nana Joseph Emmanuel "Joe" Appiah''' (1918 – 1990) was a [[Ghana]]ian politician. He was born in [[Kumasi]] to  James Appiah and Adwoa Akyaa, members of the [[Ashanti]]  imperial [[aristocracy]]. His father was a schoolmaster and [[Methodist]] leader. Appiah was educated at [[Wesley College]], [[Mfantsipim]], and the [[Middle Temple]]. {{fact|date=November 2009}}
 During his time in the [[United Kingdom]], he was closely involved with the [[West African Students' Union]] (WASU), eventually becoming its president. He came, through residence in London and involvement with WASU, to know many of the main players in the fight against [[empire|imperial]] rule in [[Ghana]] and elsewhere in [[Africa]]. Not least among these was [[Kwame Nkrumah]], to whom he became very close. Nkrumah was Appiah's first choice for best man at his wedding to [[Peggy Cripps]] in 1953. Their firstborn child, son [[Kwame Anthony Appiah|Kwame]], was born in [[London]] in 1954, followed by Ama (born 1955), Adwoa (born 1960) and Abena (born 1962).