6 former Heads of State in Africa who attended Achimota School
The school was formally opened as a boarding school with the self-declared aim of "providing for the educational needs of the people of the Gold Coast". The nickname of the Achimota School is "Motown" and an alumnus or alumni of the college is called "Akora". The founders of the school are Dr. James Emma Kwegyir, Sir Fredrick Gordon Guggisberg, and Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser. The centre of the school complex, which besides a primary and a secondary school consists also of a school-own kindergarten, a hospital, a police station, and a golf course. The motto of the school is Ut Omnes Unum Si...