Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

(1909–1972) writer Ghana

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Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) was a Ghana writer, known for Africa Must Unite.

About Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Kofi Nkrumah, baptised Francis, was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from the United Kingdom. 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 member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.

Known for:

Africa Must Unite

Notable works:

The autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah

Awards:

Lenin Peace Prize|Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo|Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta|Collar of the Order of the White Lion

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