Cripps-Appiah-Edun family

The Appiahs trace their descent to [[Nana (title)|Nana]] [[J.W.K. Appiah]], a traditional figure and anti-colonial activist who served as [[Secretary of State|secretary]] of the [[Ashanti Confederacy]] in colonial [[Ghana]].<ref> Susan Williams, ''Colour Bar: The triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation'', Allen Lane, 2006; Penguin Books, 2007, p. xxxiii–iv. </ref><ref> Cameron Duodu (6 March 2006), "Obituary | Peggy Appiah", ''The Guardian''. </ref> One of his wives, Adwoa Akyaa, was herself a member of the Akroma-Ampim chieftaincy [[abusua]] of [[Nyaduom, Ghana|Nyaduom]], an Ashanti town, a fact which led to their son Nana [[Joe Appiah]] rising to the headship of this abusua upon the death of its chief Yaw Anthony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/magazine/18WWLNlede.t.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=A Slow Emancipation|author=Kwame Anthony Appiah|date= March 18, 2007|access-date=July 6, 2025}}</ref> He would also serve, at various times, as a [[government minister]], [[ambassador]], [[Party leader|party chieftain]] and [[Bar association|legal administrator]] following his country's independence.

The Appiahs trace their descent to [[Nana (title)|Nana]] [[J.W.K. Appiah]], a traditional figure and anti-colonial activist who served as [[Secretary of State|secretary]] of the [[Ashanti Confederacy]] in colonial [[Ghana]].<ref> Susan Williams, ''Colour Bar: The triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation'', Allen Lane, 2006; Penguin Books, 2007, p. xxxiii–iv. </ref><ref> Cameron Duodu (6 March 2006), "Obituary | Peggy Appiah", ''The Guardian''. </ref> One of his wives, Adwoa Akyaa, was herself a member of the Akroma-Ampim chieftaincy [[abusua]] of [[Nyaduom, Ghana|Nyaduom]], an Ashanti town, a fact which led to their son Nana [[Joe Appiah]] rising to the headship of this abusua upon the death of its chief Yaw Anthony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/magazine/18WWLNlede.t.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=A Slow Emancipation|author=Kwame Anthony Appiah|date= March 18, 2007|access-date=July 6, 2025}}</ref> He would also serve, at various times, as a [[government minister]], [[ambassador]], [[Party leader|party chieftain]] and [[Bar association|legal administrator]] following his country's independence.

The family were originally [[Methodism|Methodists]], with J.W.K. Appiah serving as a leader of the community of believers of the faith in his region of Ghana.

==The Cripps-Appiah wedding (1953)==

==The Cripps-Appiah wedding (1953)==