Kwame Nkrumah
Born September 21, 1909 Nkroful, Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) Died April 27, 1972 Bucharest, Romania
Independence leader and first president of Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah led his nation, Ghana...
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Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) was the first president of Ghana. Though he effected Ghana's independence and for a decade was Africa's foremost spokesman, his vainglory and dictatorial methods brought abou...
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Accra/Nairobi (dpa) - A rift emerged between African leaders
mulling over a tight-knit continental federation as the 53 members
of the African Union were set to wrap up a th...
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Accra (dpa) - A spectacular display of fireworks shortly after
midnight heralded Ghana's 50th anniversary in the capital Accra on
Tuesday.
Bright fires lit up...
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Accra (dpa) - Tens of thousands of Ghanaians from all walks of
life on Tuesday thronged Independence Square in Accra to watch a huge
parade marking the country's 50th annive...
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Accra/Nairobi (dpa) - A pan-African federation may help the
world's poorest continent uproot itself from economic despair,
disease and conflict but its successful creation i...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - Libya on Wednesday urged African countries to
step up progress towards political and economic integration as AU
foreign ministers debated the issue behi...
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Ruth Botsio recalls with misty-eyed wonder the jubilation and triumphant cries of "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" that greeted the birth of sub-Saharan Africa's first nation to win independence from E...
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Julia Agnes Washington BondATLANTA (AP) — Julia Agnes Washington Bond, whose son Julian became chairman of the NAACP and co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center, has died. She was 99.She d...
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Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah
African leaders split on continental federation
