Science & Medicine
Edward Francis Bani Forster
Psychiatrist and medical educator
1917–1990Edward Francis Bani Forster was a Gambian physician who became a major figure in psychiatry in Ghana. After practising in Britain and The Gambia, he worked at the Accra Mental Hospital and taught at the University of Ghana. He helped establish psychiatric education and later served as president of the West African College of Physicians.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Began work in Ghana's psychiatric services in 1951.
02Served as president of the West African College of Physicians from 1983 to 1984.
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