21 Facts About Raphael Armattoe

Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a Ghanaian scientist and political activist.

Raphael Armattoe was nominated for the 1948 Nobel Peace Prize and was a campaigner for unification of British and French Togoland.

Raphael Armattoe was called by the New York Post "the 'Irishman' from West Africa", and the BBC producer Henry Swanzy referred to him as the "African Paracelsus".

Raphael Armattoe received his early education in Lome, Togoland before completing his primary education in Denu, Gold Coast.

Raphael Armattoe left for Germany in 1930 for further studies, with most of his tertiary education was in Germany and France.

Raphael Armattoe apparently left Germany for France due to rising Nazism.

Raphael Armattoe continued his studies in anthropology, literature and Medicine at the Sorbonne.

Raphael Armattoe moved to Edinburgh, where he qualified to practice medicine.

Raphael Armattoe then got a locum job in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and following that worked at the Civil Defence first-aid post in Brooke Park, Derry, between 1939 and 1945.

Raphael Armattoe later established and became the director of the Lomeshie Research Centre, named after his mother.

Raphael Armattoe was described by some who knew him as a marvellous doctor and a good speaker.

Raphael Armattoe turned his attention to poetry, writing and politics.

Raphael Armattoe joined the Ghana Congress Party rather than Nkrumah's Convention People's Party.

Raphael Armattoe maintained contact with Du Bois who partook in his study Testament to Youth.

Raphael Armattoe belonged to the Ewe ethnic group, who he sought the unification of its people who were divided by colonial powers between British Togoland, the Gold Coast and French Togoland; he wanted its people united as one Ewe nation-state being active within the Togoland Congress, advocating for Ewe Unification.

In 1953, Raphael Armattoe addressed the United Nations in New York City regarding Togoland and the "Eweland Question", which Die Welt at the time regarded as one of the most important documents in African history in the 20th century.

Raphael Armattoe's father Glikpo Armattoe was a merchant of Palime, Togoland, who traded mainly with the Germans and studied local indigenous languages.

Raphael Armattoe was married to Swiss-born Leony Elizabeth Schwartz, who was known as "Marina".

Raphael Armattoe fell ill and died in a hospital in Hamburg.

Raphael Armattoe's wife reported that he said he had been poisoned by some unknown persons.

Raphael Armattoe had apparently been attacked previously by supporters of Kwame Nkrumah, for withholding the cure to swollen shoot unless the government approached him in a respectful manner, having chosen to distance himself from Nkrumah's Government.