A University of Ghana (Legon) e la bɔnne yuniveniti naŋ be Accra poɔ, Ghana.[1] O e la a Ghana bɔnne yunivenitiri zaa boŋkoroo.
Ba da mɛ la a yuniveniti 1948[2] yuoni poɔ ka o e University College of the Gold Coast[3][4] a British naaŋ wagere a ko Gold Coast. O da e la ullee ko a University of London,[5] naŋ da kaara o zannoo yelnyɔgere kyɛ terɛ degeree kyɔɔtaare.[6] Ghana naŋ wa nyɛ sommeŋɛ 1957 poɔ baare, ba da leɛ pore la a kolaagyi ka University College of Ghana.[7] O da la maale leɛre la o yuori gaa University of Ghana a youni 1961 poɔ, onaŋ da wa nyɛ yuniveniti meŋɛ faŋa arebo.[8]
A University of Ghana be la Accra Legon Hills west sɛŋ ane a Accra sensoga northeast sɛŋ. O taa gaŋ la 60,000 sakuubiiri onaŋ de.[5]
Bonzanne mine ba nan da era a University of Ghana poɔ la liberal arts, social sciences, law, basic science, agriculture, aneŋ medicine.[9] Kye a national educational reform program, a university's curriculum da paari la technology-based, vocational courses aneŋ postgraduate training a sakuuri courses poɔ.[10]
A logo taa la waaloŋ ayi, ka ana la: indigo dye ane camel.[12] Blue shield naŋ taa "AYA" ata naŋ be o nimitɔɔreŋ ane "DWENINMENTOASO" naŋ be sensogaŋ.[13] A. M. Opoku la da maale a logo.[14] "AYA" (Akan word for fern) e la Adinkra symbol.[15] "AYA" are ko la kanyiri ane kpeɛ̃õ.
"Dweninmen" (Akan word for ram's horn) e la Adinkra bommanaa.[16] A logo taa la RAM horn a yi (DWENINMENTOASO) are ko la kpeɛ̃õ ane noɔreyeni.[16] 1961 yuoni poɔ la ka a yuniveniti da nyɛ degeree
West African Commission of the Asquith Commission meɛbo ko Higher Education a Colonies poɔ[17] a dakogi zusoba Rt. Hon. Walter Elliot naaŋ[18] la ka a yuniveniti kpoŋ ŋa da mɛ 1948 yuoni poɔ.[19] A Kɔmɛtee la da yeli ka ba mɛ yuniveniti kolaagyi ka a na e ullii ko a University of London, a lɛ na merɛ ka ba da biŋ a mɛ a Gold Coast yuniveniti kolaagyi 11 Ɔɔgore 1948 poɔ, a na e lɛ wane kyɛ baa yuniveniti ganzanne, zannoo ane peɛroo.[19] A ŋaaŋ da nyɛ la eebo a yi ba naŋ da zagere fɔrɔ yelteɛbo naŋ yeli ka yuniveniti kolaagyi boŋyeni yoŋ la senne British West Africa zaa, naŋ na be Nigeria poɔ ko a Gold Coast noba.
Gane poɔ a Ghana yuniveniti naŋ yinne, Professor Francis Agbodeka (1998) nyɛɛ la ka "a taa la medical school Council mɛmbare bayi meŋ boɔbo eŋɛ kaa la lɛ ba naŋ na e nyɛ libie ko a yelnyɔgeraa. A poɔ meŋ F. M. Bourret (1949), meŋ naŋ da e ana vuo na poɔ, tere la duoro ka a noɔreyeni ane teɛroŋ tegeroŋ Dr. Nanka-Bruce naŋ wuli Radio Station Zoy poɔ korɔ bee kyaare Gold Coast noba ɔɔtoore 1947 poɔ, " da e la bone naŋ na baŋ kyili a paaloŋ Gansɛgerɛ ko a colonies" ka o na tere o teɛroŋ baaraa 1947 poɔ, "ko a Gold Coast yuniveniti kolaagyi meɛbo."[20]
Sɛre ka tiivi na wa, laŋyiri zaa ane laŋgbulo maŋ kyɛlle la duoro, kɔɔdɛnne, ane nimipɛle, Radio Station Zoy naŋ maŋ tere, a BBC, ane nyɔge ziiri mine a duori tere mi-ŋmaa eŋɛ, gaa walanse gbuli boŋyeni.
A ŋaaŋ, a University of Ghana meɛbo, kyaare ne a Elliot Kɔmɛtee Yageroŋ Duori-tere (Sir Arku Korsah ko a Gold Coast naŋ da e mɛmba), da e la kpaaroŋ yaga yeltegerɛ kɔɔle lantaa, kɔmɛteere, zanne ziiri ane nentegerɛ, yie poɔ ane tuuree. A Ghana nentegerɛ na mine, kpaaroŋ mɛmbare ane bɔnne tontonneba kpaaroŋ naŋ kampee ko a University of College ko a Gold Coast/Ghana, la Dr. Nanka-Bruce, Rev. Prof. C. G. Baeta, ane Sir E. Asafu-Adjaye, a poɔ Dr. J. B. Danquah. A Sante Naa, Otomfuo Nana Agyemang Prempeh, II, da sage ne la a teɛroŋ saŋa na a Elliot Kɔmɛtee naŋ da wa yeli ka ba boɔrɔ la ka ba mɛ yuniveniti Kumasi poɔ, a Ashanti Irigyiŋ eŋɛ. Ŋmaa ŋmaa lɛ, a Gold Coast kpaaroŋ kpaaroŋ noba, naŋ kɔɔle lantaa, tõɔ are la gyaŋgyãã ko a Gold Coast Yuniveniti Kolaagyi meɛbo ka o na e a University of London ullee, 1948 poɔ, a Elliot Kɔmɛtee naŋ wa tere o duoro baare, ka Sir Arku Korsah ko a Gold Coast zeŋ a zu.
1961 poɔ a Ghana gɔmenante a Kwame Nkrumah naaŋ biŋ la a University of Ghana Act, 1961 (Act 79) na leɛre a saŋa na University College of Ghana. Ana merɛ na poɔ, a yuniveniti nyɛ la meŋɛ faŋa yuniveniti voaraa ane kpeɛ̃õ na terɛ omeŋɛ degeree.[21]
Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse
Mary Chinery-Hesse la e a kyansila pampana ko a yuniveniti.[22] Ba da ɛlɛte o la ka o e kyansila kyɛ wa so o eŋ ɔfere poɔ Tadaare, 1 Ɔɔgore 2018, a yuniveniti lambo kpoŋ kaŋa eŋɛ ba naŋ da taa Great Hall poɔ.[23] O naŋ wa toŋ o fɔrɔ yuomo anuu baare, ba da la leɛ kaa iri o la 6 Gyoonoɔre 2023 eŋɛ, ka o na toŋ o gbɛre buyi soba a e a yuniveniti Kyansila.[24]
Sɛre a yuoni 1998 a paaloŋ yidaandɔɔ la da maŋ e a University of Ghana kyansila.[25] Aŋa, a yi 1961 saŋa na a University of Ghana naŋ da mɛ yi a begemaale die merɛ, a Ghana sommeŋɛ yidaandɔɔ fɔrɔ, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah leɛ la a fɔrɔ kyansila ko a University of Ghana.[26]
A noba bama naŋ tu daŋ are la a yuniveniti kyansila vuo:
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo la a University of Ghana kyansila potuuro pampana.[27] Gyoonoɔre 2021 poɔ, ba da kaa iri o la ka o e "Acting" kyansila potuuro. A puoriŋ ɔɔtoore 2021 poɔ, ba da kaa iri o la ka o e a University of Ghana kyansila potuuro. A o kaa iruu da piilee toma a 26 ɔɔtoore 2021. Ona la pɔge fɔrɔ naŋ e a yuniventi kyansila potuuro.[28][29]
A Balme Gama zie da mɛɛ 1948 poɔ a e Achimota Kolaagyi Gama zie.[31] Ona la a yuniveniti gama zie nɛtewɛke gama zie meŋɛ.[32] A Balme gama zie be la a yuniveniti kampus kpoŋ eŋɛ.[32]
A piili ne a 2014/2015 zannoo yuoni, a university of Ghana da tɔgle la a kolaagyi tuuruŋ[35] na a poŋ a sakue zaa ane dipaatimɛntere eŋ kolaagyiri anaare poɔ, ka ana la:
Faculty of Law: ba naŋ mɛ fɔrɔ ka o e fakɔlte dipaatiment ko Social Studies a 1958/59 zannoo yuoni poɔ, da leɛ la fakɔlte naŋ paale ka bone zaa ta a 1960/61 zannoo yuoni poɔ.[36] A yi a 2012/2013 zannoo yuoni, a yuniveniti na derɛ la Siinia Haae Sakuuri (S.HS) bipaalba enna a LLB degeree fɔrɔ yelnyɔgeraa, kyɛ naŋ na gu a fɔrɔ degeree kyogibu yelnyɔgeraa. Lɛ wuli ka a yuniveniti na taa la e lɛ de biiri dɔlɔ ayi na eŋ a Lɔɔ Fakɔlte.[37]
Legon sakuuri poɔ e 13 kilometers north-east a yie Accra, tegkpoŋ naŋ be a Ghana paaloŋ poɔ. A Legon sakuuri poɔ la ka central administration a ko university be. Sakuure bebiiri kyemaa zaa be la Legon sakuuri poɔ.
Korle-Bu Campus, karima kpoŋ la Provost, a sakuuri taa la administration a ko College of Health Sciences. School of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Allied Health Sciences be la Korle-Bu.
A university be la Adabraka naŋ Peele Ministry of Information. A campus taa la Bachelor of Science(Bsc) in Business Administration aneŋ Bachelor of Arts (BA) courses.
Aŋa sakuuri ŋa paari la College of Education poɔ. A university taa la Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.[38] A Principal Prof. Edward Nketiah-Amponsah..[39]
A university taa la Distance Education campuses nsn be regions kyemaa ba nan e ra courses aneŋ programs kyemaa.[40] Awudome College taa la kpeɛɛ geeri nan man suŋ ka ba era courses gini.
A Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2018 iraŋki la a University of Ghana a yi 800-1000th arezie donɛɛ zaaŋ ane 17th Africa poɔ (ba poŋ la a iraŋki ne yunivenitiri mine).[43]
Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences e la post-graduate sakuuri Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) naŋ mɛ ba ne a University of Ghana naŋ bo, ne sombo yi a International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) na zɛge human resources development a ko peaceful use of nuclear and technologies in Ghana ane Africa. SNAS poɔ la a Faculty of Science, University of Ghana naŋ be Kwabenya poɔ.
Ba bɔŋa la kpɛ geeri naŋ be a University of Ghana poɔ ka "home away from home." Ba taa la kpɛ Geeri a ko graduate aneŋ undergraduate biiri. Ba la taa la die a ko a sakuuri neberi aneŋ saaŋba. Die la be bɛ a ko Government of Ghana aneŋ negaane.[44][45] A kpɛgiiri youri la Commonwealth Hall, Legon Hall, Mensah Sarbah Hall, Volta Hall, Akuafo Hall aneŋ Jubilee Hall Naŋ be University of Ghana, Legon.
Legon.
Commonwealth Hall (a university daba kpɛ kyeri). Ba naŋ bɔŋa Vivacious, Affable, Neighborly, Devoted, Altruistic and Loyal (VANDALS). A university biiri naŋ be Commonwealth Hall bɔŋa la ba mine 'V-Mate' baŋ maŋ die ka 'Sharp'. VANDALs taa la nɔɔri yeni.[46]
Legon Hall (ba naŋ bɔŋa premier hall a ko University of Ghana). Legon Hall e la kpɛ kye fara ne naŋ meŋ a University of Ghana campus poɔ ka ba bɔŋa Premier Hall. A Hall ne la a university soŋsogoŋ a peeli a library (Balme Library) a West African region poɔ. Awɔ Mensah Sarbah Hall aneŋ Akuafo Hall, Legon Hall e la daba ne pɔge ba zaa kpɛ kpɛ zeeri.[47] Legon hall motto la ; "Cui Multidum Datum".[48]
Mensah Sarbah Hall (Mensah Sarbah Hall e la kpɛ kye fara naŋ be a university poɔ. Dr. Mensah Sarbah youri la ba da di segiri a kpɛ zee ŋa). A hall ŋa da maŋ dieli la athletes a university's campus poɔ.
Volta Hall (university'pɔge ba kpɛ kyeeri ). O e la pɔge ba kpɛ kyeeri naŋ be a campus poɔ naŋ baŋ ba meeri taribo. Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode da be la aŋa kpɛ zee ŋa'
Akuafo Hall "akuafo" muni la ka kɔɔraa. Bela vein la ka ba bɔŋa be kɔɔriba hall naŋ taa Ghanaian saakonon Yele. Akuafo e la Hall naŋ paari ayie a University of Ghana poɔ. Ba baaloŋ Yele maŋ vein la ka a sakuuri biiri lantaa a woɔri ba saakonoŋ Yele. Youni zaa ba maŋ eriɛɛ kɔɔriba naa aneŋ napɔge.
Jubilee Hall. The Jubilee Hall e la kpɛ kyee kaŋa a University of Ghana, Legon. Jubilee hall be la south of the university campus, naŋ peele International Students Hostel. Jubilee Hall da meɛɛ kyaare ne university's Golden Jubilee celebration a youni 1998 poɔ. Sakuuri biiri naŋ pari da meɛɛ aŋa hall ŋa a ko a university.[49] A yuniveniti taa la halls anɛɛ ba naŋ meɛ a youni 2011poɔ. Ka aŋa la:
Alexander Kwapong Hall, Professor Alexander Kwapong, Vice-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council of State naŋ paari youri la ka ba seger a Hall.[50]
Jean Nelson Akah Hall, e la sakuuri biiri kaŋa naŋ pari youri , Jean Nelson Akah. July 2010 la ka a Hall da meɛɛ. Physics-Computer Science sakuuri bii ba naŋ bɔŋa Raymond Sung-Seh Harrison ka da waane a halo meɛɛ bo plan. A Hall motto la "Lux in Tenebris"
Hilla Limann Hall, e la University of Ghana Enterprise Limited (UGEL) July 2010[51] la ka a hall da meɛɛ., Vice-Chancellor la da Yele ka ba diɛ a Hall youri ko Dr. Hilla Limann, President of the Republic of Ghana naŋ pari. Senior members of the university. Sakuuri biiri naŋ da kaara a Hall la Head a ko a Hall, Senior Tutor aneŋ fellow tutors.
Elizabeth Sey Hall, University of Ghana Enterprise Limited (UGEL) Hostel da meɛɛ a Hall . July 2010 la ka a Hall da meɛɛ. Pɔge fara naŋ da baari a university, Elizabeth Frances Baaba Sey youri la baŋ da di ko a Hall.
Africa Union Hall, ba naŋ da bɔŋa Pentagon, noba Naŋ da meɛɛ la Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT
James Topp Nelson Yankah Hall, youri da la Teachers Fund (TF) Hostel.[52]
Bani Hall, da e la neɛ kaŋa hostel. A pɔɔri la ba leɔrɔ kyemaa zaa hostel.
Evandy Hall, youri da la Evandy Hostel. Ba leɔri a gaa ne hall a ko a university.
Mensah Sarbah Hall Dendɔre, University of Ghana
Yuniveniti kpɛziiri pie la bebe: a International Students Hostels (I ane II), Valco Trust Hostel, Commonwealth Hall, Akuafo Hall, Mensah Sarbah Hall, Legon Hall, Limann Hall, Kwapong Hall, Elizabeth Sey Hall ane Jean Akah Nelson Hall. Ba taa la sommeŋɛ meŋɛ kpɛziiri, SSNIT Hostels (Ghana Hostels meŋ naŋ e Pentagon).[53]
A yi 1 Fɛboɔre 2014, lɔre zaa naŋ da yɛŋ kpɛ a University of Ghana's kampus meŋɛ, ane meŋ ana naŋ da tuuro a sori na naŋ wa tɔlɔ a yuniveniti Staff Village, ba da maŋ yeli ka ba yɔɔ zuyɔɔ. Gyɛmaa ane sakuubiiri da wuli la ba posãã ane a yeli ŋa a lɛ na ka ba da ŋmaa gbɛre.[54] Pampana ŋa, a kampus dendɔɛ kpoŋ zie maŋ are ne ka lɔɛ demee (gbɛɛ yaga Karemamine ane sakuubiiri) taa "electronically" kaade nyaare a yuniveniti sotu bɔgere naŋ maŋ tere ba tonnoɔreŋ.
Akwasi Afrifa (Ghanaian MP) – former member of parliament
Mabel Agyemang née Banful (also Yamoa) - Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands, superior court judge for the Commonwealth Secretariat, served in the judiciaries of the governments of Ghana, The Gambia and Swaziland
Nene Amegatcher – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2023)
David Anaglate – Journalist, Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1992–1995)
Goodwin Tutum Anim – First Ghanaian Managing Director of the Ghana News Agency
Yaw Appau – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2015–)
Anas Aremeyaw Anas – investigative journalist with Insight TWI: The World Investigates, CEO of Tiger Eye Private Investigations, executive director of The Crusading Guide
Joyce Rosalind Aryee - Minister of Education (1985–1987), Member of the National Defence Council (1993–2001), received Second Highest State Award, the Companion of the Order of the Volta in 2006
Kofi Awoonor – Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization
George Ayittey – economist, author, and president of the Free Africa Foundation, professor at American University, associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Nicholas T. Clerk – academic, public administrator and Presbyterian minister; former Rector, GIMPA
Kwesi Dickson – former President of Methodist Church Ghana
Agnes Dordzie – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2022)
Jones Victor Mawulorm Dotse – active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2008–) and the Supreme Court of the Gambia (2008–2023)
Kwabena Dufuor –former Finance Minister and former Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
Komla Dumor – television news presenter for the BBC World, presenting BBC World News and Africa Business Report. 2003 winner of Journalist of the Year award given by the Ghana Journalist Association.
Nana Effah-Apenteng – the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations between May 2000 and 2007.
Ben Ephson - publisher and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch
Akin Euba - Nigerian composer, musicologist and pianist, Andrew Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng – cardiothoracic surgeon and former chief executive officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, first black African to perform heart transplant and established the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (2017–present)
Ernest Gaewu – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2023–)
Patrick R. D. Hayford – diplomat, former Ghana Ambassador to South Africa(1997–1999), Director of African Affairs in the Executive Office of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan(1999–2005)
Clemence Jackson Honyenuga – Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2020–2022)
Rosemary Hutton – geophysicist and pioneer of magnetotellurics (1954–1961)
Ken Kanda – diplomat, the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations
John Dramani Mahama – Vice-President of Ghana (2009–12) and President of Ghana (2012–17)
Samuel Marful-Sau – active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2021)
Vicki Miles-LaGrange (born 1953) – Chief U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, first African-American woman to be U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and the first African-American female elected to the Oklahoma Senate
John Evans Atta Mills – former Law professor and vice-president of Ghana (1997–2001), President of Ghana (2009–12)
David Ofori-Adjei – elected to the Council of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology of the International Union of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology in 2000
Aaron Mike Oquaye – former Minister of Communication (2005–09) and Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya (2005 to present), Speaker of Parliament (2017–present)
Elizabeth Frances Sey (1927–1991) first female graduate of the University College of the Gold Coast and pioneering woman educator. A residence hall on the campus is named in her honour.[55]
Elsie Effah Kaufmann, Biomedical Engineer and Quiz Mistress for the National Science and Maths Quiz
A yuniveniti sãã la films yaga ane tiivi dadi yɛlɛ eŋɛ. A tiivi yelnyɔgeraa Sun City taa la a yuniveniti yɛlɛ yaga. Ba ko la a yuniveniti yuori meŋ sommo yizie Ghana yielyielbo yiele yelbie poɔ na poɔ Sarkodie "Legon Girls", Buk Bak's "Klu blɔfo", Kwadei's "Wutatami" ane Okordii's "Four years in Legon".[61] Gyoone 2020 poɔ a Ghana yuniveniti da are la gyaŋgyãã na kyogi ne o ɔnlane wulluu ane zannoo yelnare ko a 2019/2020 yuoni zannoo yɛlɛ sɛmesa ayi soba ane a zaa ka gɔmenante da nara la ka o leɛ yuo sakue ko a yuon-baaraa biiri.[62]
Ba da yeli ka a yuniveniti zukaareba baga kyebe kyaare ne a zie kpeɛŋaa bee dɔgɛɛ a kɔrefeere-nyɛbi-pie ne awae "COVID-19" naŋ wane saŋa na a sakuuri naŋ da wa duori o fii ko a 2020/2021 yuoni zannoo yɛlɛ. Ka a da leɛ kyooboi midia poɔ ka ba da leɛre ana teɛroŋ na a puoriŋ.[63] Yuomo naŋ tɔle ba tere la sɛŋgaŋ gyogo faa duoro kyaare ne Karemamine yaga a yuniveniti poɔ, ka a yuniveniti kyeere. Noba ana sɛŋgaŋ nyagema ŋa naŋ daŋ pɔge da yi ne la Peɛroo yelnyɛrre ka ba da de a eŋ "YouTube" poɔ.[64][65][66]
A Ghana Yuniveniti Kɔɔdɛnne Zie be la Accra poɔ. A bezie, naŋ taa yɛloŋ seŋ 10,000,[67] a Ghana yidaandɔɔ potuuro naŋ da yuo 21 Maakye 2024 poɔ.[68] Gbɛɛ yaga bɔlŋmɛ kpaaroŋ deme la maŋ lanna be ane rugby union. O meŋ taa la zo zie. Ba da mɛ o la ka o na e kyɛŋ bone ko a sakuuri. O da la e la yuori bone ko a Yuniveniti yuomo kɔɔre ata, pie ane anuu tigiri diibu.[69]
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