found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Botsio, Kojo; political figure, commissioner of education, diplomat, nationalist; born 21 February 1916 in Winneba, Ghana; attended the prestigious Adisadel College in the historic city of Cape Coast (1929); got a postgraduate degree in education and geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University (1946); became the warden of the West Africa Students Union (WASU) hostel in Camden, London; returned to the Gold Coast to become the vice principal of Abuakwa State College in Kibi (1947); was made the secretary of the Committee of Youth Organization (CYO), the United Gold Coast Convention's (UGCC) youth wing; became the general secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP); was appointed the minister of education (1951); was Ghana's foreign affairs minister (1963-1965); was a key player in the formation of the People's National Party; was awarded the national honor of the Star of the Volta for his dedicated services to the nation (1999); died 06 February 2001 in Ghana)