Desmond Buckle

Desmond Buckle
Born(1910-03-29)29 March 1910
Accra, Gold Coast (present day Ghana)
Died25 October 1964(1964-10-25) (aged 54)
London, England
Occupation(s)Political activist, journalist, trade unionist

James Desmond Buckle (29 March 1910 – 25 October 1964) was a political activist, journalist, trade unionist and Communist born in the British colony of the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). Described as "an African communist in Britain", he may have been the first African to join the British Communist Party.

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