Kwame Nkrumah
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 53 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 1,1909 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Nkroful |
| Ghana | |
| Date of died | April 27,1972 |
| Died | Bucharest |
| Romania | |
| Spouse | Fathia Nkrumah |
| Buried | Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum, Accra, Ghana |
| Children | Samia Nkrumah |
| Gamal Nkrumah | |
| Sekou Nkrumah | |
| Education | Lincoln University |
| University of Pennsylvania | |
| Awards | CAF Platinum Award |
| Lenin Peace Prize | |
| Founded | Organisation Of African Unity |
| Books | The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah |
| Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism | |
| Africa Must Unite | |
| Dark days in Ghana | |
| Grandchildren | Kwame Melega |
| Alin Nkrumah | |
| Party | Convention People's Party |
| Parents | Opanyin Kofi Nwiana Ngolomah |
| Madam Elizabeth Nyaniba | |
| Previous position | President of Ghana (1960–1966), Prime Minister of Ghana (1957–1960) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1605599 |
Kwame Nkrumah Life story
Francis Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957.
Queen Elizabeth II and Africa: In pictures
... Queen Elizabeth II dances with Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana s first president and a figurehead of the decolonisation movement during her visit in 1961, just four years after Ghana s independence...
Queen's Platinum Jubilee: The Nigerian boss who applied to be monarch's footman
... By the end of her 11-day visit, Ghana s independence leader and influential Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah is said to have better appreciated the Commonwealth as a multi-racial group of countries sharing common values, which could support his vision of fighting racism and injustice...
Robert Mugabe: From liberator to tyrant
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The African American who moved to Ghana 'to escape US racism'
... Its founding leader, Kwame Nkrumah, declared the West African state the Black Mecca , and showed strong support for Marcus Garvey s Back-to-Africa movement in the 1960s...
Letter from Africa: The power of an apostrophe
...Kwame Nkrumah (second from right) led Ghana to independence in 1957, but was he the only founder? In our series of letters from African writers, Ghanaian journalist and former government minister Elizabeth Ohene explains the politics - and grammar - behind a new public holiday...
Kwame Nkrumah Photos
