Born on June 9, 1904, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey was a Ghanaian educator, scholar, and Pan-Africanist who profoundly influenced the next generation of African leaders, including Kwame Nkrumah. Aggrey believed in the power of education to transform Africa and challenged colonial narratives about Black intellectual inferiority. As a professor at Livingstone College in North Carolina and later co-founder of Achimota School in Ghana, he bridged African and African American educational ideals. His famous quote—“If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a nation”—still resonates today. His birthday marks a legacy of empowerment through Afrocentric learning.
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