Photo of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah (born: September 21, 1909 - died: Apr 27, 1972).
First President of Republic of Ghana in addition to a founding fellow member of the Organization of African Unity.
Kwame Nkrumah was born September 21, 1909 at Nkroful, Gold Coast (now Ghana). He was originally named subsequently Francis Nwia-Kofi, an honored family personality. Son of goldsmith Kofi Ngonloma of the Asona Clan in addition to Elizabeth Nyanibah of the Anona Clan, Nkrumah showed an early on thirst for education. In 1930, Nkrumah completed studies at the acclaimed Prince of Wales’ Achimota School inwards Accra. doc Kwegyir Aggrey, Assistant Vice Principal in addition to the commencement African staff fellow member at the college, became his mentor.
Kwame Nkrumah U.S. Studies
By 1935, Nkrumah undertook advance studies in the United States at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. In 1939, he earned an BA in Economics in addition to Sociology. By 1942, he earned an BA in Theology. By 1943, Nkrumah had earned an M.Sc. (Education), an MA (Philosophy), in addition to completed course of written report operate for a Ph. D. bird at the University of Pennsylvania.
During his U.S. undergraduate studies, Nkrumah also pledged the predominately African-American Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, an academic honour society. He is said to accept introduced African traditional steps to the fraternity's stepping tradition, including cane stepping.
Kwame Nkrumah Organizes Pan-Africans inwards Europe
Arriving inwards London inwards May of 1945, Nkrumah organized the fifth Pan-African Congress inwards Manchester, England in addition to began networking through organizations similar the West African Students' Union, where he served every bit vice-president. This same twelvemonth he officially changed his cite from Francis Nwia-Kofi to Kwame Nkrumah.
Image of the West African patch of Ghana
By Dec 1947, Nkrumah had returned to his homeland every bit a teacher, scholar, in addition to political activist. He became General Secretary of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), which explored strategies for gaining independence from colonial England. Under Nkrumah's leadership, the UGCC attracted local political support from farmers in addition to women. Women did non have the correct to vote in many traditional patriarchial societies in addition to farmers who were non land-owners also did non accept the suffrage. In 1948, Accra, Kumasi, in addition to other areas of the Gold Coast were experiencing full general social unrest, which the British colonial regime accredited to the UGCC. By 1949, Nkrumah had galvanized broad back upwards in addition to reorganized his efforts under the Convention People's Party (CPP).
Kwame Nkrumah advocated for constitutional changes. This included self-government, universal franchise without holding qualifications, in addition to a split upwards solid of chiefs. Jailed past times the colonial direction inwards 1950 for his political activism, the CPP's 1951 election sweep was followed past times Nkrumah's release.
Photo of Kwame Nkrumah in addition to doc Martin Luther King, Jr.
H5N1 devout Pan-Africanist, Nkrumah supported African federation nether the auspices of the U.S.A. of African. He also had meaningful dialogue with African intellectuals from the diaspora, including W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., in addition to Marcus Mosiah Garvey. He also corresponded alongside Trinidadian C.L.R. James, whom he credited alongside teaching him how an "underground receive worked." Nkrumah played a pivotal work inwards developing the Organization of African Unity (OAU) inwards 1963, the same twelvemonth he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.
Photo of Nkrumah Hall at the University of Dar es Salaam
in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
President of Republic of Ghana inwards West Africa
Republic of Ghana was declared an independent nation from British colonization on March 6, 1957. By 1964, Republic of Ghana was operating every bit a one-party nation alongside Kwame Nkrumah every bit it's commencement President in addition to Prime Minister -- alongside a life term of office. Nkrumah is oftentimes criticized for developing non-participatory governance subsequently independence inwards Ghana. By 1966, the Ghanaian armed forces overthrew Nkrumah's administration. Nkrumah died inwards exile on Apr 27, 1972 inwards Bucharest, Romania.
Photo of Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in addition to Memorial Park is located
in downtown Accra, the upper-case alphabetic quality of Ghana
Here is a video dedicated to Kwame Nkrumah past times Ghana's really ain participant Obrafour:
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