Daniel Ahmling Chapman Nyaho

Daniel Ahmling Chapman Nyaho (5 July 1909 – 13 July 2001) was a Ghanaian statesman, diplomat and academic. He was the first African appointee at the United Nations. He served as the Secretary to the cabinet in the first Convention People's Party government which shared the colony's administration with the colonial government. He also served as Ghana's ambassador to the United States of America and Ghana's permanent representative to the United Nations. In 1958, he became the first Ghanaian headmaster of Achimota College.

Born in Keta, a town in the Volta Region of Ghana, Chapman had his early education in his hometown, Keta and briefly in Togo. He entered Achimota School to train as a teacher through unusual circumstances and taught at his alma mater, Achimota College prior to entering Oxford University for his bachelor's degree. He returned as a senior tutor at Achimota College taking up other roles in the school.

Aside academia, Chapman developed strong interest in the sociopolitical situation of the people of his hometown and the Ewe ethnic group at large. He advocated for the unification of the Ewe people who had been dispersed into different colonial administrations by the colonial powers of the time. He was a founding member of the All-Ewe Conference (AEC) and also served as its first secretary. Through his engagements as a member of the conference, he gained appointment at the United Nations, becoming one of the earliest Africans to serve on the world's most powerful intergovernmental organization.

In 1954, Chapman returned to the Gold Coast to work as Secretary to the then Prime Minister of the Gold Coast, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He served in that capacity until 1957 when he was made Ghana's ambassador to the United States of America. While serving in that post, he also doubled as Ghana's permanent representative to the United Nations. Following the exit of the last expatriate Headmaster of Achimota College in 1958, Chapman returned to the school as its first Ghanaian and African Headmaster. He held this appointment until 1963. Chapman returned to the United Nations once more, and also served on various boards in Ghana following the 1966 coup d'état.

Chapman spent most of his retirement years as a consultant and a small scale farmer. He was also engaged in the activities of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences of which he was a member. Chapman died in 2001 at the age of 92. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Dami A. Collier, Sonny M. Assennato, Ben Warne, Nyarie Sithole, Katherine Sharrocks, Allyson Ritchie, Pooja Ravji, Matthew Routledge, Dominic Sparkes, Jordan Skittrall, Anna Smielewska, Isobel Ramsey, Neha Goel, Martin Curran, David Enoch, Rhys Tassell, Michelle Lineham, Devan Vaghela, Clare Leong, Hoi Ping Mok, John Bradley, Kenneth G.C. Smith, Vivienne Mendoza, Nikos Demiris, Martin Besser, Gordon Dougan, Paul J. Lehner, Mark J. Siedner, Hongyi Zhang, Claire S. Waddington, Helen Lee, Ravindra K. Gupta, Stephen Baker, John Bradley, Gordon Dougan, Ian Goodfellow, Ravindra K. Gupta, Paul J. Lehner, Paul Lyons, Nicholas J. Matheson, Kenneth G.C. Smith, Mark Toshner, Michael P. Weekes, Nick Brown, Martin Curran, Surendra Palmar, Hongyi Zhang, David Enoch, Daniel Chapman, Ashley Shaw, Vivien Mendoza, Sherly Jose, Areti Bermperi, Julie Ann Zerrudo, Evgenia Kourampa, Caroline Saunders, Ranalie de Jesus, Jason Domingo, Ciro Pasquale, Bensi Vergese, Phoebe Vargas, Marivic Fabiculana, Marlyn Perales, Richard Skells, Lee Mynott, Elizabeth Blake, Amy Bates, Anne-laure Vallier, Alexandra Williams, David Phillips, Edmund Chiu, Alex Overhill, Nicola Ramenante, Jamal Sipple, Steven Frost, Helena Knock, Richard Hardy, Emily Foster, Fiona Davidson, Viona Rundell, Purity Bundi, Richmond Abeseabe, Sarah Clark, Isabel Vicente
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    by Petra Mlcochova, Dami Collier, Allyson Ritchie, Sonny M. Assennato, Myra Hosmillo, Neha Goel, Bo Meng, Krishna Chatterjee, Vivien Mendoza, Nigel Temperton, Leo Kiss, Leo C. James, Katarzyna A. Ciazynska, Xiaoli Xiong, John A.G. Briggs, James A. Nathan, Federica Mescia, Laura Bergamaschi, Hongyi Zhang, Petros Barmpounakis, Nikos Demeris, Richard Skells, Paul A. Lyons, John Bradley, Steven Baker, Jean Pierre Allain, Kenneth G.C. Smith, Rachel Bousfield, Michael Wilson, Dominic Sparkes, Glenn Amoroso, Effrosyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Susie Hardwick, Adrian Boyle, Ian Goodfellow, Ravindra K. Gupta, Stephen Baker, John Bradley, Gordon Dougan, Ian Goodfellow, Ravi Gupta, Paul J. Lehner, Paul Lyons, Nicholas J. Matheson, Kenneth G.C. Smith, Mark Toshner, Michael P. Weekes, Nick Brown, Martin Curran, Surendra Palmar, Hongyi Zhang, David Enoch, Daniel Chapman, Ashley Shaw, Sherly Jose, Areti Bermperi, Julie Ann Zerrudo, Evgenia Kourampa, Laura Watson, Jieniean Worsley, Caroline Saunders, Ranalie de Jesus, Jason Domingo, Ciro Pasquale, Bensi Vergese, Phoebe Vargas, Marivic Fabiculana, Marlyn Perales, Lee Mynott, Elizabeth Blake, Amy Bates, Anne-Laure Vallier, Alexandra Williams, David Phillips, Edmund Chiu, Alex Overhill, Nicola Ramenatte, Jamal Sipple, Steven Frost, Helena Knock, Richard Hardy, Emily Foster, Fiona Davidson, Viona Rundell, Purity Bundi, Richmond Abeseabe, Sarah Clark, Isabel Vicente, Laura Watson, Jieniean Worsley, Anne Elmer, Carla Ribeiro, Jenny Kourampa, Sherly Jose, Jane Kennet, Jane Rowlands, Anne Meadows, Criona O’Brien, Rebecca Rastall, Cherry Crucusio, Sarah Hewitt, Jane Price, Jo Calder, Laura Canna, Ashlea Bucke, Hugo Tordesillas, Julie Harris, Valentina Ruffolo, Jason Domingo, Barbara Graves, Helen Butcher, Daniela Caputo, Emma Le Gresley, Benjamin J. Dunmore, Jennifer Martin, Ekaterina Legchenko, Carmen Treacy, Christopher Huang, Jennifer Wood, Rachel Sutcliffe, Josh Hodgson, Joy Shih, Stefan Graf, Zhen Tong, Federica Mescia, Tobias Tilly, Ciara O’Donnell, Kelvin Hunter, Linda Pointon, Nicole Pond, Marta Wylot, Emma Jones, Stuart Fawke, Ben Bullman, Lori Turner, Isobel Jarvis, Ommar Omarjee, Aloka De Sa, Joe Marsden, Ariana Betancourt, Marianne Perera, Maddie Epping, Nathan Richoz, Georgie Bower, Rahul Sharma, Francesca Nice, Oisin Huhn, Stuart Fawke, Natalia Savoinykh Yarkoni, Nika Romashova, Daniel Lewis, Andrew Hinch, Chiara Cossetti, Mateusz Strezlecki, Richard Grenfell, Hannah Stark, Neil Walker, Kathy Stirrups, Nigel Ovington, Eleanor Dewhust, Emily Li, Sofia Papadia, Nathalie Kingston, Andrew Lever, Estee Torok, William Hamilton, Grant Hall, Aminu Jahun, Yasmin Chaudhry, Malte Pinckert, Iliana Georgana, Anna Yakovleva, Laura Caller, Sarah Caddy, Theresa Feltwell, Fahad Khokhar, Luke Meredith, Charlotte Holdcroft, Martin Curran, Surendra Parmar, Nathalie Kingston, Andrew Lever, Estee Torok, William Hamilton, Grant Hall, Aminu Jahun, Yasmin Chaudhry, Malte Pinckert, Iliana Georgana, Anna Yakovleva, Laura Caller, Sarah Caddy, Theresa Feltwell, Fahad Khokhar, Luke Meredith, Charlotte Holdcroft, Martin Curran, Surendra Parmar
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    by Tear, Gareth Richard
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