Willing to Serve: The Life of Nana Ofori Atta I

Age Range: 6 – 15 years

The occasion of the 75th anniversary of the passing of Nana Ofori Atta I presents us with a great opportunity to look back in our history and give honour to whom honour is due.

Thomas Carlyle was right in stating that the history of the world is the biography of great men. The life of Nana Ofori Atta I proves this point. We are all losers when parts of that history is lost.

Abyna-Ansaa Adjei’s literary portrait, Willing to Serve, a catalogue of the life and works of Nana Ofori Atta I provides us a unique testimony of one of the progressive traditional leaders of the last century and will fill a big gap in the knowledge about the Gold Coast and Akyem Abuakwa. – Prologue by Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyehene

Included is a CD with the voice of Nana Ofori Atta I, a message he sent to the people of Akyem Abuakwa in both English and Twi after he received his knighthood from King George V on June 27, 1928.