Raphael Armattoe, Ghanaian popular scientists

Among the popular Ghanaian personalities who made a profound impact in the middle of twienth century in the field of medicine by providing quality healthcare to Ghanaians and Africans at large was Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe.

Raphael Armattoe was born at Keta in the Volta Region on 12th August 1913.

He attended the first senior High School in Ghana, Wesleyan School, between 1925 and 1928.

From the location he found himself that is Togoland, which it ownership was changed from German to British, Raphael Armattoe became very fluent in speaking German, French, English and Ewe.

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He had an opportunity to travel to Germany to further his education, but during the rising of the Nazism, he left to France.

Raphael Armattoe read Anthropology, Medicine and Literature at Sorbonne before he moved to Edinburgh.

He was versatile writer of numerous of prose and poetry.

At the United Kingdom, he met Kwame Nkrumah and other African students during the Pan-African Congress in Manchester.

With his positive attitude towards learning helped him to qualified to practice Medicine.

In the year 1939, Raphael Armattoe had the opportunity to work at Civil service in Brooke Park for a couple of years.

After the Second World II, he established his own medical shop in his residence and started practicing medicine.

With hardwork and determination, Raphael Armattoe established a big research center and named it after his mother, Lomeshie Research Centre.

He became a household name because of his famous discovery ‘Abochi drug’ that cure swollen shot.

His popular drug  saves millions of lives in Africa that earned him nomination for Nobel Prize Awards in 1948.

He returned to Gold Coast and conducted a couple of researches concerning Ewe origin, Culture and Togoland demarcation.

He also established well-equipped Hospitals in Accra and Kumasi.

Furthermore, he had the opportunity to talk to United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting concerning Togoland Unity.

He later joined Politics but did not support his friend Nkrumah’s CPP party and sign up for Ghana Congress Party.

Armattoe feel sick and died on 22nd December 1953 at the age of 40.

It was reported by his wife that he died as a result of food poison.