Major General Nathan Apea Aferi (September 1923 – 8 April 2003) was a soldier and politician in Ghana.
[2] Aferi continued in the military on his return to Ghana where he rose to the rank of brigadier.
He was promoted Major General and made the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) after the dismissal of Major General Otu, then CDS by President Nkrumah.
[3] He was the last CDS to serve before the overthrow of Nkrumah in Ghana's first military coup.
Aferi was the first Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in the National Redemption Council military government of General Kutu Acheampong in 1972.