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Emmanuel Mate Kole or Nene Sir Azzu Mate Kole I, (1860 in
Odumase Krobo Odumase is a town and capital of Lower Manya Krobo Municipal District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School was formerly located here. Prominent sites The town is a proposed site for the construction of ...
– 1939) was the third ''
Konor Konor is the title of the monarch or ruler of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area in the Eastern Region of Ghana.Daniel Miles McFarland, ''Historical Dictionary of Ghana'', Scarecrow Press, 1995, p. 120.Roger Gocking, ''The History of Ghana'', Gr ...
'', or
paramount chief A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and arch ...
, of the Manya Krobo from 1892 until his death in 1939. He was succeeded by his son, Nene
Azzu Mate Kole II Oklemekuku, Nene Azzu Mate Kole II, , known in private life as Frederick Lawer Mate Kole (January 1910 – 15 March 1990) was a Ghanaian paramount chief and statesman who served as the fourth monarch or king, Konor of the Manya Krobo Traditiona ...
, who ruled Manya Krobo from 1939 until his death in 1990. A former teacher in
Basel Mission The Basel Mission was a Christian missionary society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to , the successor organization of ''Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione'' (KEM), found ...
schools who trained at the Basel Mission Seminary, Akropong, he encouraged agricultural development and road-building as a ruler. In 1911, despite opposition from the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society, he became the first African chief to be appointed to the Gold Coast Legislative Council.Roger Gocking, ''The History of Ghana'', Greenwood Press, 2005, p. 54.


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1860 births 1939 deaths 19th-century rulers in Africa 20th-century rulers in Africa Ga-Adangbe people Ghanaian Presbyterians Ghanaian Protestants Ghanaian royalty Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong alumni {{Ghana-bio-stub