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Akwasi Afrifa

1936 - 1979

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Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa (24 April 1936 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman of the Presidential Commission between 1969 and 1970. He continued as a farmer and political activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akwasi Afrifa has received more than 297,197 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Akwasi Afrifa is the 16,249th most popular politician (down from 15,633rd in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Ghana (down from 30th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 16,249 out of 19,576. Before him are Nagamichi Kuroda, Ceolwulf of Northumbria, Leonid Slutsky, Manohar Joshi, Fabian Picardo, and Dimitris Avramopoulos. After him are Jóannes Eidesgaard, Héctor Rossetto, Carlos Mota Pinto, Matthias Platzeck, Chen Muhua, and Mountstuart Elphinstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 491. Before him are José Manuel Pesudo, Tunne Kelam, Gary Hart, Manfred Stolpe, Skip Barber, and Enric Gensana. After him are Carlos Mota Pinto, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Charlie Daniels, Eugenio Bersellini, Lize Marke, and Tommy Steele. Among people deceased in 1979, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 245. Before him are Heinz Pollay, Yelena Kuzmina, Elizabeth Ryan, Constant Joacim, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, and Jocelyne LaGarde. After him are Hans Liesche, Lev Arnshtam, Magnar Isaksen, Blue Mitchell, Curtis Stevens, and Dick Esser.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 31 out of 162. Before him are Fred Akuffo (1937), Gerald Asamoah (1978), Ibrahim Sunday (1944), Hilla Limann (1934), Alphonso Davies (2000), and Stephen Appiah (1980). After him are Tony Yeboah (1966), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Richard Baawobr (1959), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Karim Abdul Razak (1956), and Derek Boateng (1983).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 12. Before him are John Kufuor (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Fred Akuffo (1937), and Hilla Limann (1934). After him are Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Clement Quartey (1938), and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913).

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