Nkrumah

American

[uhn-kroo-muh, uhng-kroo-] / ənˈkru mə, əŋˈkru- /

noun

Kwame 1909–72, president of Ghana 1960–66.

Nkrumah British

/ əŋˈkruːmə /

noun

Kwame (ˈkwɑːmɪ). 1909–72, Ghanaian statesman, prime minister (1957–60) and president (1960–66). He led demands for self-government in the 1950s, achieving Ghanaian independence in 1957. He was overthrown by a military coup (1966)

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Ghana's government has removed the name of a coup leader, who helped overthrow founding father Kwame Nkrumah exactly 60 years ago, from the country's main airport.

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Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka was among a group of officers who deposed Nkrumah in 1966.

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In the build up to the 1966 coup, Nkrumah had faced criticism that he was becoming increasingly oppressive.

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As well as leading Ghana to independence in 1957, Nkrumah was seen as a visionary in the pan-African liberation movement.

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While emphasising the fugu's cultural and political significance, Mahama noted that Ghana's founding father and Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah wore it on Independence Day in 1957, and that he himself had recently worn it proudly to the UN.

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