Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, was born on September 21, 1909, in Nkroful, a village in the western part of the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). He was an influential figure in the Pan-African movement and a key figure in the fight against colonialism in Africa. Nkrumah’s father, Kojo Nkrumah, was a goldsmith, and his mother, Elizabeth Nyaniba, was a farmer. He received his...
Pioneering the Presidency: Ghana’s First Presidential Leader
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