The National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA) was founded in _______

Analyze the question: The question asks where the NCBWA was founded. The word "founded" is the key. We need the place where the organization was established, not where it held meetings or where its leader came from.

Concept: The National Congress of British West Africa was set up in 1920 by the Gold Coast lawyer and nationalist Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford. It was an early pan-West African political organization that brought together educated elites from the British colonies of the Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Its aims included:

• Demanding elected representation in the legislative councils
• Calling for the creation of a West African university
• Pushing for greater African participation in government and the civil service

Step-by-step solution:

1. The NCBWA was formed in 1920, at a conference held in Accra.
2. Accra was in the Gold Coast, which is today's Ghana.
3. Casely Hayford, the founder and first president, was from the Gold Coast.
4. Later sessions were held in Freetown (1923), Bathurst/Banjul (1925) and Lagos (1930), but these were not where it was founded.
5. Liberia was never a British colony, so it was not part of the NCBWA.

Eliminating the options:

• A. Sierra Leone: it hosted a later session, not the founding.
• B. Liberia: not a British territory.
• D. Nigeria: it hosted a later session in Lagos, and Nigerians took part, but it was not the place of founding.
• C. Ghana (Gold Coast): correct.

Answer: C. Ghana.

Exam tip: Remember "1920, Accra, Casely Hayford." Don't confuse the founding location with the sessions held in other countries. The word "founded" points to the first conference, which was in Accra.