[2] He was born on September 23, 1921, to James Durnford Sowah to the Royal Stool House of Kpobi We, Kowe, La and Margaret Mansah Quao of Adedinkpo, Accra.
[3] He presided over the case brought by Amaoako Tuffuor, a Ghanaian citizen, when the People's National Party government of Hilla Limann attempted to replace Justice Fred Kwasi Apaloo as the Chief Justice of Ghana by vetting him.
This was during the era of the military Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) government.
He was retained as Chief Justice beyond the compulsory retirement age by the PNDC, a move which was controversial at the time.
by police officer Jacob Yidana notes that Justice Sowah is deceased, but doesn't state when he died.