Kojo Armah was a Ghanaian diplomat, lawyer and politician.
21 Facts About Kojo Armah
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Kojo Armah was a member of the Convention People's Party and a former Member of Parliament for the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira constituency in the Western Region.
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Kojo Armah represented the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira constituency on two separate occasions, from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2008.
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Kojo Armah served as the Municipal Chief Executive for Nzema East from 2001 through 2004.
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James Evans Armah was born in Axim in the Western Region to James Enyimah Armah and Sikayena Baidoe.
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Kojo Armah was raised by his maternal aunt, Mrs Quarshie, and her family.
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Kojo Armah received his primary education from Asokore Primary School and Apam Roman Catholic Middle School, and obtained his O and A level certificates from Apam Senior High School.
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Kojo Armah obtained a post-graduate diploma in education at the University of Cape Coast.
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Kojo Armah moved to Axim after graduation from university and taught at Nsein Senior High School from 1969 to 1971.
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Kojo Armah resigned from his teaching position in 1973 to take up an appointment at the Research Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an assistant director grade II.
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Kojo Armah embarked on many diplomatic missions, one of which allowed him to pursue a diploma in French, Literature, and Civilization from the University of Tours in Touraine.
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Kojo Armah was promoted to the rank of assistant director grade I in 1977 after he had completed a diploma in public administration at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
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Kojo Armah was transferred to the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board in 1984 as an administrative secretary.
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Kojo Armah was promoted to the position of deputy director at the Office of the Head of Civil Service.
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Kojo Armah owned Ankobra FM, a private radio station based in Axim.
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Kojo Armah lost his bid to be re-elected as MP for the constituency in 2000.
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Kojo Armah won the election and returned to parliament in 2005.
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Kojo Armah served in that position for one term, from 2000 through the end of 2004.
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In 1973 Kojo Armah married Sabina Akainyah; they had three children.
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Kojo Armah died on 4 May 2014 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
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Kojo Armah died on the same weekend and at the same hospital as Kofi Ansah, an internationally acclaimed Ghanaian fashion designer.