Vincent Kwabena Damuah

Reverend Father Dr. Vincent Kwabena Damuah (April 1930 – August 1992) was a Catholic priest, theologian and politician in Ghana.

He was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) government and was also the founder of the Afrikania Mission.

He formed the African religious group called the Afrikian Mission which is widely based in South Africa,he championed the Africa Spiritual emancipation.

He was once a consultant of Afro-American Affairs in the diocese of Pittsburgh in the United States.

[3] He was suspended from his priestly ministry by the Catholic Church,[4] because of his involvement with the PNDC government.

Damuah founded the Afrikania Mission, an organization devoted to the promotion of African Traditional Religion.

He was released following the personal intervention of Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah, Catholic Archbishop of Cape Coast[6] During the four month rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) in 1979, he was on record to have supported the executions, which included three former heads of state of Ghana, although the Christian Council of Ghana opposed it.