Kwesi Abotsia Dickson was a Ghanaian Christian theologian.
16 Facts About Kwesi Dickson
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Kwesi Dickson was the seventh President of the Methodist Church Ghana and a professor at the University of Ghana, Legon.
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Kwesi Dickson was born at Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana.
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Kwesi Dickson was educated at the Mfantsipim School at Cape Coast.
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Kwesi Dickson completed his basic ministerial training at the Trinity Theological Seminary in 1951.
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Kwesi Dickson then attended the University of Ghana, then the University College of the Gold Coast.
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Kwesi Dickson served in various capacities at the University of Ghana over three decades until 1989.
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Kwesi Dickson has been the Head of the Department for the Study of Religions, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Master of Commonwealth Hall, the first dean of students and the director of the Institute of African Studies.
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Kwesi Dickson was a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Kwesi Dickson worked at the University of Swaziland as a visiting professor.
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Kwesi Dickson served two consecutive 4 year terms ending in 1997.
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Kwesi Dickson has served as Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana and as All Africa Conference of Churches President of the All African Council of Churches.
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Kwesi Dickson loved tennis and music and was a good pianist.
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Kwesi Dickson died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra after a short illness.
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Kwesi Dickson's funeral and burial were attended by many notable Ghanaian citizens including John Agyekum Kufuor who was President of Ghana at the time and John Atta Mills who was a colleague at the University of Ghana and was to become the next Ghanaian president.
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Kwesi Dickson has authoritative works such as Theology in Africa and others on Religious exclusivism.