Kofi Batsa

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Kofi Batsa (1931–1991) was a Ghanaian political activist and writer. He was born on 8 January 1931 in Piengwah, Ghana (then the Gold Coast). He was one of twelve children, but only six survived.

Batsa led the Takoradi Youth League and sat on the executive committee of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY). In 1954, he and 80 others were expelled from Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party (CPP), but he was later readmitted and became principal research officer at the Bureau of African Affairs. He also edited the monthly Voice of Africa.

In December 1962, Nkrumah made him editor of The Spark, a magazine that explained socialist ideas for Africa. In November 1963 he became Secretary-General of the Pan-African Union of Journalists (PAUJ).

After Nkrumah was ousted, Batsa moved away from socialism toward capitalism. He later returned to politics as an aide to Hilla Limann's government (1979–81).

He had many children and lived much of his life with his son Julian Ayumu Batsa before remarrying Georgina Batsa and having another son. He is remembered by his wife Georgina, his children Julian, Veronica, Idris, and Brenda, and his grandchildren Jeannette, Jerome, Janine, Jayden, Angelio, Abena, Jeromey, Jermaine, and Nyla.