Kwame Nkrumah (September 21, 1909 - April 27, 1972) was a Ghanaian politician and one of the most influential founders of Pan-Africanism. September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Pan-Africanism is a term which can have two separate, but related meanings. ...

He was born in Nkroful, Gold Coast (Ghana) as Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma. Educated at Achimota School, Accra and the Roman Catholic Seminary, Amisano, he taught at the Catholic school in Axim. In 1935 he left Africa for the USA, receiving a BA from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in 1939. He also gained an MS in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and a MA in Philosophy from the same place in 1943. While lecturing in Political Science at Lincoln he was elected president of the African Students Organization of America and Canada. Nkroful is the village, near Axim in the Western Region (Ghana) of Ghana, where Kwame Nkrumah, founder and first president of independent Ghana, was born September 21, 1909 and reared, and where he was buried after his death in 1972 -- temporarily, it turned out, because his body was later moved... The Achimota School, popularly known as Motown, has educated many Ghanaian leaders, including Kwame Nkrumah, and Jerry John Rawlings. ... Accra, population 1,661,400 (2001), is the capital of Ghana. ... Axim is a town, district and kingdom on the coast of Ghana, West Africa. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lincoln University is the name of a university in New Zealand and several in the United States: Lincoln University (California) Lincoln University (Missouri) Lincoln University (New Zealand) Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) See also: University of Lincoln This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a member of the Ivy League. ... This article is about the year. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Kwame Nkrumah

He arrived in London in 1945 intending to study at the LSE. But following a meeting with George Padmore he helped to organise the Sixth Pan-African Congress in Manchester, England. After that he began to work for the decolonisation of Africa and became Vice-President of West African Students Union. Image File history File links Description: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. ... Image File history File links Description: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, often called the London School of Economics or the LSE, is one of the worlds major specialist universities in economics and social sciences. ... George Padmore (1902-1959), born Malcolm Nurse was a Trinidadian communist and later a leading Pan-Africanist with anti-communist sympathies. ... The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) (later the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania), was a South African liberation movement, that is now a minor political party. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ...

He returned to Gold Coast in 1947 to join the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) under Joseph B. Danquah. In the same year he formed his own party - the Convention People's Party (CPP), with the motto 'Self-government now'. In 1949 Nkrumah left the UGCC and in December of 1949 he declared 'Positive Action' - mass action in the form of boycotts, strikes, and civil disobedience; and was arrested by the British in January 1950. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Convention Peoples Party is a socialist political party in Ghana, based on the ideas of former president Kwame Nkrumah. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Facing international protests and internal resistance the British decided to leave the Gold Coast. In 1951 Nkrumah won a seat in the Legislative Assembly while still in prison, the CPP won 34 out of 38 seats. He was released later from prison in February and the Governor Charles Arden-Clarke asked him to lead the new government in cooperation with the British to lead to independence, he agreed. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke (1898 - British colonial administrator. ...

On March 6, 1957 Ghana was declared independent and Nkrumah (now hailed as 'Osagyefo' or 'victorious leader') accepted the role of Prime Minister. Ghana was declared a republic in 1960. Ghana became a charter member of the Organization of African Unity in 1963. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag of the Organisation of African Unity, later also used by the African Union. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He believed that capitalism's effects were going to stay with Africa for a long time, if not forever. He thought that socialism was the system that would best accommodate the changes that capitalism had brought, while still respecting African values. He distanced himself from the African socialism of many of his contemporaries. He did not believe that socialism would return Africa to a condition similar to that which had existed prior to the arrival of imperialists, but he did think that it was the best way to lead Africa forward while still respecting the distinctions between European and African ways of living. Nkrumah attempted to move Ghana’s economy toward a more industrial model. His reasoning was that moving Ghana out of the colonial trade system by reducing its dependence on foreign capital, technology, and material goods would allow it to become truly independent. Unfortunately, he moved to industrialization at the expense of his country’s cocoa growing sector, which had been a strong economic sector until then. In the end, the various economic projects that he undertook were generally unsuccessful and hugely expensive. Neither did they remove Ghana from dependence on Western imports. Capitalism has been defined in various ways (see q:Capitalism). ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... African socialism is the belief in the doctrine of sharing economic resources in a traditional African way, as compared to classical socialism. ... Imperialism is the policy of extending the control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... In general, the word colonial means of or relating to a colony. In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Cocoa may refer to either the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree, which are used to make chocolate; or, more usually in the United States, to cocoa powder, the dry powder made by grinding the seeds and removing the cocoa butter. ...

Following an economic downturn, political conflict, an assassination attempt and general unrest, Nkrumah established Ghana as a one-party state with himself as Life President in 1964. But on February 24, 1966, while he was visiting Beijing and Hanoi, his government was overthrown in a US sponsored military coup d'état. President for Life is a title assumed by some dictators to ensure that their authority, legitimacy, and term is never questioned or disputed. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Beijing   listen? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: quốc ngữ Hà ; chữ nôm 河内), estimated population 4,100,000 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... A coup détat (pronounced kÅ« dā ta), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...

Nkrumah never returned to Ghana, but he did continue to push for his vision of African unity. He lived in exile in Guinea but died while in Romania seeking medical treatment in April 1972. He was buried in Ghana in a tomb (still present) at the village of his birth, Nkroful, but his remains were later transferred to a large national memorial tomb and park in Accra. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Nkroful is the village, near Axim in the Western Region (Ghana) of Ghana, where Kwame Nkrumah, founder and first president of independent Ghana, was born September 21, 1909 and reared, and where he was buried after his death in 1972 -- temporarily, it turned out, because his body was later moved... Accra, population 1,661,400 (2001), is the capital of Ghana. ...

Memorial to Kwame Nkrumah, in Accra, Ghana

His books include Africa Must Unite (1963), African Personality (1963), Consciencism (1964), Handbook for Revolutionary Warfare (1968) and Class Struggle in Africa (1970). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x872, 80 KB) Description: Kwame Nkruma memorial. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x872, 80 KB) Description: Kwame Nkruma memorial. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Prior to independence Ghana was the British Gold Coast colony. ... Joseph Arthur Ankrah (born 1915) was a Ghanaian general and political figure. ...