Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Gold Coast Colony, Ghana
Name in native language	Kwame Nkrumah
Name wey dem give am	Kwame
Family name	Nkrumah
Ein date of birth	21 September 1909
Place dem born am	Nkroful
Date wey edie	27 April 1972
Place wey edie	Bucharest
Manner of death	natural causes
Cause of death	skin cancer, prostate cancer
Place wey dem bury am	Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Accra, Nkroful
Spouse
Kiddie	Gamal Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah, Sekou Nkrumah
Native language	Fante
Languages dem dey speak, rep anaa sign	Akan, Nzema, Fante, English
Ein occupation	politician, writer, diplomat, lecturer
Educate for	Lincoln University, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Achimota School, Lincoln University
Honorific suffix	Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Work location	Elmina, Axim
Political party ein member	Convention People's Party, United Gold Coast Convention
Candidacy in election	1960 Ghanaian presidential election
Religion anaa worldview	Christianity
Partner in business or sport	David Wilberforce Kwami Dawson
Participant insyd	Conference on Africa
Military rank	field marshal
Notable work	Africa Must Unite
Member of	Phi Beta Sigma
Award e receive	Lenin Peace Prize, Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Ghana Place Names URL	https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/places-in-perspective/birthplaces#h.gb1ksetz76dk

Kwame Nkrumah PC (21 September 1909^[1] – 27 April 1972) be Ghanaian politician, political theorist den revolutionary. Na he be de first Prime Minister den President give Ghana, he make Gold Coast chop independence from Britain dema der for 1957 insyd.^[2] He sansu be influential advocate for Pan-Africanism and he sansu bi political theorist. Nkrumah be one of the people wey create de Organization of African Unity wey he san chop de Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union for 1962 insyd.^[3]

He go abroad go do twelve years of higher education, he san develop ein political philosophy, den san organize plus other pan-Africanists wey dey abroad. Nkrumah come back to Gold Coast so say he go start ein political career as advocate for national independence.^[4] He create de Convention People's Party, wey dem get quick success sake of dema appeal to de common voter.^[5] He chop Prime Minister for 1952 insyd wey he san dey dey position de time wey Ghana come chop independence from Britain dema der for 1957 insyd. For 1960 insyd, Ghana people agree for fresh constitution wey dem vote give Nkrumah wey he come turn president.^[6]

Na ein admi be socialist den nationalist all. He support industries wey dey de nation insyd den energy projects, e san develop strong national education system den promote pan-Africanist culture.^[7] Ebe Nkrumah ein time wey Ghana lead international relations wey dey Africa for de decolonization period time nu.^[8]

Nkrumah lead authoritarian regime for Ghana insyd, sake of he repress political opposition wey he conduct elections wey no be free den fair.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} For 1964 insyd, constitutional amendment come make Ghana a one-party state, wey make Nkrumah chop president forever for nation den ein party all.^[14] National Liberation Council komot Nkrumah for 1966 insyd, ebe dema time wey international financial institutions come turn chaw Ghana corporations into private ones.^[15] Nkrumah go dey Guinea wey dem name am honorary co-president.^[8][16][17]

1. ↑ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2018/10/10/kwame-nkrumah-lse/
2. ↑ "President Kennedy, Prime Minister Macmillan and the Gold Market, 196063", Governing Post-War Britain, Palgrave Macmilllan, doi:10.1057/9780230361270.0010, ISBN 978-0-230-36127-0
3. ↑ Rathbone, Richard (23 September, 2004). "Nkrumah, Kwame (1909?-1972), president of Ghana". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31504.
4. ↑ "Political Progress", The Political Philosophy of Confucianism, Routledge, pp. 258-273, 5 November 2013, doi:10.4324/9781315018775-19, ISBN 978-1-315-01877-5
5. ↑ Proceedings of the convention at which the American federation of arts was formed. B. S. Adams. 1909. doi:10.5479/si.380651.39088006011662.
6. ↑ "Prime Minister 1957-60", Kwame Nkrumah. Vision and Tragedy, Sub-Saharan Publishers, pp. 192-214, 15 November 2007, doi:10.2307/j.ctvk3gm60.17, ISBN 978-9988-647-81-0
7. ↑ Stanek, Lukasz (2020). Architecture in global socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War. Princeton. ISBN 078-0-691-14455-4. OCLC 1134854794.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Nkrumah, Kwame (1953). [Letter: Kwame Nkrumah to Richard Wright].
9. ↑ Mazrui, Ali (1966). "Nkrumah: The Leninist Czar". Transition (26): 9-17. doi:10.2307/2934320. ISSN 0041-1191. JSTOR 2934320.
10. ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/authoritarian-and-singleparty-tendencies-in-african-politics/C06E363B216E1DC2324E77AABDE4FE40
11. ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/current-political-thought-and-practice-in-ghana/01D51435240B4DD2FFCDF67F554FA682
12. ↑ https://www.dw.com/en/ghanas-kwame-nkrumah-visionary-authoritarian-ruler-and-national-hero/a-19070359
13. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/03/archives/portrait-of-nkrumah-as-dictator.html
14. ↑ "VII. The Reluctant Nation", One-Party Government in the Ivory Coast, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 219-249, 31 December 1964, doi:10.1515/9781400876563-012, ISBN 978-1-4008-7656-3
15. ↑ "Country capabilities and the strategic state: How national political institutions affect multinational corporations' strategies". Long Range Planning. 28 (1): 142.1995.
16. ↑ https://www.audlem.org/newsroom/headlines/birthday-quote-21092017.html
17. ↑ https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/222725