Francis Agbodeka

Francis Agbodeka (31 December 1931 – 29 October 2005) was a Ghanaian academic and writer. He was a professor of history at the University of Cape Coast, and the first person to obtain a doctorate degree from the University of Ghana.

Early life Agbodeka was born at Anloga in the Volta Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast) on 31 December 1931 to his father Dumega Amuzu Agbodeka and mother Vincentia Agudu.

From 1947 to 1952, Agbodeka attended Achimota College for his secondary education, and from 1953 to 1956 he studied at the University of Ghana (then the University College of the Gold Coast), where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of London. He taught the sixth-form students A-level History from 1956 to 1960.

Agbodeka served in various capacities at the University of Cape Coast, including a period as Head of the History Department from 1971 to 1980. He later moved to the University of Benin, where he worked as a professor of history from 1980 to 1986.

Personal life In 1956, Agbodeka married Margaret Liko Nyomi. African Politics and British Policy in the Gold Coast, 1868–1900 (1971); Ghana in the Twentieth Century (1972); Achimota in the National Setting (1977); An Economic History of Ghana (1992); A History of the University of Ghana (1998); The West African Examinations Council (1952–2002) (2002); A Handbook of Eweland (three volumes) (1997–2005).