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Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah is greeted by drummer Alf Payne (left) and Nigerian activist Ladipo Solanke (right) at a meeting of the West African Students Union in London in 1951.
March 6, 2021
The former headquarters of the West African Students’ Union (WASU) sits on a residential street in London’s Camden Town. The building would be easy to overlook, as it’s unadorned brickwork offers no clues to its radical past.
But from the mid-1920s until the late 50s, the WASU served as a training ground for a generation of activists including Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, and Nigeria’s H.O Davies who would drive the movement towards independence in their home countries. While there are 172 English Heritage blue plaques dotted around the borough, there is no signpost commemorating the WASU on any of its former London premises. Almost 100 years from its creation, there is a risk that its legacy will be forgotten.