Mfantsipim School
| Inception | 1876  |
|---|---|
| Official name | Mfantsipim School |
| Motto text | Dwen Hwe Kan, Think and look ahead |
| Country | Ghana |
| Located in the administrative territorial entity | Cape Coast, Central Region |
| Location | Cape Coast, Central Region |
| Coordinate location | 5°7′8″N 1°15′4″W |
| Color | crimson, black |
| Postal code | P.O.BOX 101 |
| Official website | https://mfantsipim.com/ |
Mfantsipim School anɛ biribis ma’aa sakur kanɛ bɛ Cape Coast, Ghana,[1][2] ka Methodist Church dim da pin’ili di bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbisnii nɛ pisyᴐpᴐi nɛ ayuobʋ (1876) la ni ye di sʋŋ gbaʋŋ zamisʋg, bɛllim sʋŋ zamisʋg nɛ siig nᴐbʋgʋr bɛ Gold Coast ni. Ba da pin’ili buoni dinɛ Wesleyan High School ka onɛ da an ba yiiga pa’annib kpɛɛm da anɛ James Picot, onɛ da an French pa’an, ka da an yʋʋm piinɛ anii sankanɛ ka ba da nᴐk o la. Mfantsipim zabyʋ’ʋr anɛ The School bᴐzugᴐ dinɛ dʋ’a sakurbɛda nwɛnɛ Prempeh College.[3]
Labakʋda
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Pʋtɛn’ɛkanɛ da kena ye ba mɛ sakur la da anɛ ye di sʋŋ ka gbaʋŋ zamisʋg keŋ tuon bɛ Gold Coast, ka ba da gban’e di bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbisnii nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anu (1865) amaa ba da pʋ nyaŋi pin’ili di yʋʋmkanɛ , ti paae yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbisnii nɛ pisyᴐpᴐi nɛ ayuobʋ (1876) ka ba yʋ’ʋn da pin’il Wesleyan High School bɛ Cape Coast ka di yinɛ kpikpikpinnibi da la’as ligiid ka Methodist Missionary Society dinɛ bɛ London la da sʋŋi paas. Ba gban’ar da anɛ ye ba mɛ sakur la Accra,dᴐlisid British Government la da gban’e ye o yis Gold Coast tempʋtita’ar la yi Cape Coast keŋ Accra yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbisnii nɛ pisyᴐpᴐi (1870) ni la. Amaa, nidib la da pʋ siakɛ nɛ ban da tɛn’ɛsid ye ba pin’il sakur la tᴐ’la zug, ba da mɛɛ di bɛ Cape Coast, la’anɛ ban da mᴐr pʋtɛn’ɛr ye ba na yisi di lɛbis Accra laa, tiakir la pʋ tʋmm.
Ba da pin’il sakur la yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbisnii nɛ pisyᴐpᴐi nɛ ayuobʋ nwadisa anaasi daba atan’ (3 April 1876), ka pʋdi li yʋ’ʋr ye Wesleyan High School.
Pin’ilʋg nɛ nᴐbʋgʋr
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Mfantsipim School la da pin’ili bɛnɛ yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbisnii nɛ pisyᴐpᴐi nɛ ayuobʋ (1876) ka ba buoni di ye Wesleyan High School bɛ Cape Coast. Ba da pin’ili dinɛ ye ba pa’al banɛ na lieb pa’annib, ka sakur biis la kal da an piinɛ ayᴐpᴐi (17). Pʋtɛn’ɛkanɛ da kena ye ba mɛ sakur la da anɛ ye di sʋŋ ka gbaʋŋ zamisʋg keŋ tuon bɛ Gold Coast, ka ba da gban’e di bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbisnii nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anu (1865) amaa di da nᴐki ba yʋma ka ba nyaan nyaŋi pin’ili di. Zin’ikanɛ ka ba da mɛ anɛ dinɛ ka nidib bɛdigʋ sunya da pʋ Malisa, amaa ban da bᴐᴐd ye ba yᴐ’ᴐg sakur la tᴐ’ la zug, ba da pin’ilya ka mᴐr pʋtɛn’ɛr ye ba naani mɛɛni li bɛ Accra.[4][5]
Onɛ da an yiiga pa’annib kpɛɛm da anɛ James Picot, onɛ da an French pa’an, ka da an yʋʋm piinɛ anii sankanɛ ka ba da nᴐk o la. la’anɛ on da nan an dasŋ ka o baŋir pᴐᴐd la, Picot da tʋm hali sakur la pin’ilʋg saŋa.[6]
Yʋ’ʋr tiakir nɛ tiakir
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ anu (1905) la ni ka ninkanɛ da naae sakurin la, John Mensah Sarbah, da pin’il sakur kanɛ kanɛ da nya’ad nɛ sakur la ka di yʋ’ʋr buon ye Mfantsipim; yʋ’ʋr la yinɛ "Mfantsefo-apem",[7] ka di gbin an ye “Fante nam Tusa" amaa di gbin paa anɛ ye "Gbammi’idib la’asʋg ye ba tiak" dinɛ yi Fantenam ni. Nwadisa ayᴐpᴐi la ni yʋʋmkan pʋʋgʋn, ba da nᴐk sakuya ayi’ la la’as taaba ka Methodist Church da gᴐsidi li yɛla, ka gaŋi Mfantsipim ka di an yʋ’ʋr la.[8]
9 March 2000 saŋa, pa’annib kpɛɛm kʋdʋg tis Mfantsipim, O. K. Monney, da maal ka’alim on da bɛn’ dindiig ban’ dabisa bi’ela la nya’aŋ.[9]
Zin'ig tiakir nɛ nɔbʋgʋr
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Ba da mɛɛ di Cape Coast Castle, Mfantsipim la, ba da tiaki di zin’ig la keŋ zin’ikanɛ ka di bɛ nananna la, Kwabotwe Hill dinɛ bɛ Cape Coast ya-nya’aŋ bɛ yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ pistan (1930). Tiakir kaŋa da mᴐr nᴐbʋgʋr nɛ maalʋg bɛdigʋ ken’ sakurin la na.[10]
Gbaʋŋ zamisʋg nɛ buudi malima
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Sakur la maan yʋʋm-yʋʋm malima nwɛnnɛ Speech and Prize Giving Day,[11] dinɛ ka ba da pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ anii (1908), Rev. W. T. Balmer da pin’ili di. Sakur la yʋʋmkpɛŋ anɛ, Botae Pa, ka ba mᴐri yʋ’ʋm malima nɛ tʋʋma.[10][12]
National Science and Maths Quiz 2025
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Ba ti’eb zin’ig la gur ye ba maal yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ anu (2025) National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) la bɛ nwadis piinɛ yinne daba ayuobʋ daar (November 6, 2025), Mfantsipim School, banɛ pʋn dɛŋim mᴐr kap la, Opoku Ware School, banɛ di kap la nᴐᴐr ayi la nɛ St. Augustine’s College ye ba nya’a onɛ na di’e kap la dʋnna.[13]
Nintitada banɛ naae ani
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Ernest Addison, Bank of Ghana zugraan kʋdʋg
Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur,zugraan nya’andᴐl kʋdʋg tis Republic of Ghana
Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize laureate nɛ Secretary-General kʋdʋgʋ tis United Nations[14]
Kow Nkensen Arkaah, zugraan nya’adᴐl kʋdʋg tis Republic of Ghana[15]
Raphael Armattoe, scientist, nationalist, gbansᴐbid[16]
Albert Adu Boahen, gbanzamis, onɛ mi’ labakʋda nɛ pᴐlitis nwɛ’ɛd[17]
Kofi Abrefa Busia, pᴐlitis tuongat, gbanzamis nɛ Prime Minister of Ghana (1969–1972)[18]
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, zugraan kʋdʋg tis ECOWAS commission
Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson, zugraan nya’andᴐl kʋdʋg tis Republic of Ghana[19]
Joe de Graft, gbansᴐbid, onɛ maan sini; onɛ da an yiiga darɛtta tis Ghana Drama Studio
J. E. Casely Hayford, labaya tʋmtʋm nɛ pᴐlitis nwɛ’ɛd[20]
Kobina Arku Korsah, onɛ da an yiiga Ghana lᴐyanam kpɛɛm[21]
John Mensah Sarbah, ninzibisig, lᴐya kanɛ yʋ’ʋri yi ka lɛn an pᴐlitis nwɛ’ɛd bɛ Gold Coast (dinɛ yu'un an Ghana)[22]
Nana Kobina Nketsia V, Na’apariyaŋ (Omanhen) tis Essikado (British Sekondi) Traditional Area dinɛ bɛ Western Region, Ghana[23]
Alex Quaison-Sackey, diplomat, onɛ an yiiga nisabilkanɛ da lieb zugraan tis UN General Assembly
Kobina Sekyi, lᴐya, onɛ sbid gbana,[24]
Tsatsu Tsikata, gbansᴐbid nɛ lᴐya[25]
Arthur Wharton, Yiiga ninsabilkanɛ da nwɛ’ bᴐᴐl tis England dim[26]
Ya’an piini
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Banɛ di yʋʋm tusir, kᴐbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ awai (1999), yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ anaasi (2014), yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ anaasi (2024) nɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ anu (2025) National Science and Maths Quiz la[27]
Banɛ da di yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ anaasi (2024) National Science and Maths Quiz[28][29][30][31]
Banɛ da di yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ yinne (2021) National Public Speaking competitions
Banɛ di Sprite basketball la nᴐᴐr ayuobʋ[32]
Gbanvɛɛnsa
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]- ↑ "Mfantsipim Senior Secondary School", Ghana Schools.
- ↑ "Tears at Mfantsipim school amidst tight security". Ghanaweb. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ↑ "Mfantsipim School" Archived 28 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Ghana Nation, 13 March 2017.
- ↑ "Mfantsipim School History | Schools In Ghana". schoolsInGh. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ "Mfantsipim School: History, Academic Excellence, and Admission Process". Best Online Portal. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ "The School – MOBA"
- ↑ "Meaning of 'Mfantsipim'". AfricaSchoolsOnline. 7 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ↑ Richard Bagudu (2007). Judging Annan. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425960933, pp. 22–23.
- ↑ "O. K. MONNEY (ex Kwabotwe Headmaster) passes away"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Mfantsipim School: History, Academic Excellence, and Admission Process". 5 May 2023.
- ↑ Ola-Morris, Jessie (14 November 2024). "Mfantsipim Head Boy Delivers Heartwarming Speech, Mesmerises Ghanaians With His Impecabble Swedish - YEN.COM.GH". yen.com.gh. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ Gyasi, Kwame (2016). "Mfantsipim – 140 Years Of Senior Secondary Education In Ghana (1)". Modern Ghana.
- ↑ "NSMQ 2025: Mfantsipim, Opoku Ware, St. Augustine's set for epic battle for the coveted trophy on Nov. 6 - MyJoyOnline". Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ Appiah, Edwin, "Kofi Annan led 'demo' over food at Mfantsipim", Joy Online, 10 August 2017.
- ↑ "Remembering the Late Kow Nkensen Arkaah". 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "Ulster Honours Famous Ghanaian Scientist!
- ↑ "Albert Kwadwo Adu Boahen | University of Ghana Alumni Relations Office". Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ↑ "Kofi Abrefa Busia"
- ↑ Okyere, Letitia Degraft (16 February 2024). The First Vice president: A Biography of JWS de Graft-Johnson. MacSwain. ISBN 978-1956776003.
- ↑ "Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford: "Uncrowned King of West Africa," Father of Ghana's Nationalism, Pan-Africanist and the Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa".
- ↑ "Six Ghanaians who have been knighted by the British monarchy". Archived from the original on 18 November 2023.
- ↑ ""The Life of John Mensah Sarbah"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ↑ "Nana Kobena Nketsia". werus.org.
- ↑ Yirenkyi, Samuel Manaseh; Ernest Kwasi Amponsah (April 2014). "Theatre and Social Change: Reasserting Traditional Values Through Theatre: The Role of Kobina Sekyi" (PDF). American Journal of Social Sciences, Arts and Literature. 1 (4): 1–8. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ↑ "Tsatsu Tsikata | Who's Who in Ghana"
- ↑ "Arthur Wharton: the world's first black professional footballer in from Ghana". Modern Ghana. 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "Mfantsipim 2014 National Science & Maths Quiz". 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "NSMQ playback: Mfantsipim beats Augusco, Keta SHTS to win contest - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ↑ "Mfantsipim School comes from behind to win third NSMQ trophy, thrashing AUGUSCO, KETASCO | 3News". 30 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ↑ "Mfantsipim School beats Augusco with one point to win 2024 NSMQ". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ↑ HAMMOND, WISDOM K. E. (30 October 2024). "Mfantsipim wins 2024 NSMQ Finals by just 1 point difference". Education-News Consult. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ↑ "Mfantsipim School | SchoolsInGh.com". schoolsInGh. Retrieved 14 May 2025.