T. D. Brodie-Mends

Theophilus Dougan Brodie-Mends (26 November 1929 – 19 January 2013) was a Ghanaian journalist, lawyer and politician.

He proceeded to England in 1952 to study politics at the Marx School, London, where he passed the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) in 1954.

[4][5][6] In 1969, Brodie-Mends was elected as a member of parliament for Cape Coast on the ticket of the Progress Party.

He became a founding member of the Movement for Freedom and Justice, which opposed SMC and its UNIGOV concept, for which he was incarcerated for three months.

He also enjoyed playing draughts with the fishermen in Idan Guam, a fishing village in the Central Region.