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Kwame Nkrumah
Born September 21, 1909 Died April 27, 1972 (Age 62)Ghana4 Credits
Francis Kwame Nkrumah (Nzema: [kʷame nkruma], 21 September 1909 — 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary, who served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from Britain. He was then the first prime minister and then the president of Ghana, from 1957 until 1966. An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding memb…
