James W.K. Appiah ( , fl. c.1950s) was a Ghanaian statesman. He served as secretary of the Ashanti Confederacy. Burke's Peerage (2003), Volume 3, page 30.
A schoolmaster, Methodist leader and traditional nobleman, Susan Williams, Colour Bar: The triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation, Allen Lane, 2006; Penguin Books, 2007, p. xxxiii–iv. Cameron Duodu (6 March 2006), "Obituary | Peggy Appiah", The Guardian. Appiah was immensely influential in Ashanti affairs and also contributed to the struggle for independence in the wider Gold Coast. His family, the Appiahs, have remained prominent in contemporary Ghana.
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