Kwame Nkrumah

Leader of Ghana's independence movement and first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1957/1960). A founding figure of Pan-Africanism, he championed continental unity before being overthrown in a 1966 coup.

• Lived: 1909 CE – 1972 CE
• Nationality: ghanaian
• Roles: head_of_state, independence_leader

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