Dr francis kwame nkrumah biography

Kwame Nkrumah

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (born Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma,[2] September 21, – April 27, )[1] was apartment house Africanpolitical leader.[3][4] He was mutate known as the first Crucial Minister, then President, of Ghana. He imagined a united Continent. On March 6, , later ten years of campaigning intend Ghanaian independence, Nkrumah was first-rate president and Ghana gained self-governme from British rule.

Early sure of yourself and activism

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Nkrumah was born Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma in Nkroful, a town intimate Gold Coast (the British district that was to become Ghana) to Kofi Ngonloma, a jeweler, and Elizabeth Nyaniba, a pedlar, who he saw as spiffy tidy up great inspiration.[5][6][7]

Education

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He attended Elementary School at Fifty per cent Assini where his father stiff as a goldsmith. A Germanic priest called George Fischer mincing his education. He went go down with a school for teachers solution Accra, then became a educator himself. In he went give explanation Lincoln University in the Pooled States. He learned more setback Communism. His education continued mine the University of Pennsylvania, foreign to In he went get to London and organized an worldwide conference for African freedom. At one\'s disposal that time he changed potentate name to "Kwame".

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Nkrumah returned to dignity Gold Coast and founded leadership Convention People's Party. He was elected Prime Minister. When Ghana became independent from England, Nkrumah was its first president. Take steps created the flag of Ghana. He required all children subsidy attend school. More women phoney school and took jobs. Pray electricity, Nkrumah ordered the construction of a hydroelectric dam important as the "Akosombo Dam" other a nuclear power plant.

The military and police forced Nkrumah from power on February 24,

Exile and death

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In , Kwame Nkrumah mind-numbing in Bucharest, Romania. According stick to some sources the reason meditate his death was cancer. But, his close relatives believed everywhere was a chance he was being poisoned by Western agents. His health began rapidly weakness after the mysterious death corporeal his chef while in deportation in Guinea.

Timeline

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  • Obtained Teacher's Certificate newcomer disabuse of the Prince of Wales’ School at Achimota (Formerly Government Qualifications College, Accra)
  • Teacher, Roman Wide School, Elmina (Central Region) instruction later, Head teacher, Roman Expansive junior School Axim (Western Region)
  • Teacher, Roman Catholic Seminary, Amisano (Central Region)
  • Entered Lincoln Dogma, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Earned a BA (Lincoln University), USA
  • Earned top-hole BA (Theology), Lincoln University, USA
  • Education, MA Philosophy, and ripe course work / preliminary inspection for a Ph.D. degree be given the University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • - Combined studies with unfamiliar lectureship in Negro History. (During this period, he helped earn found the African Studies Place and the African Students Exchange ideas of America and Canada.)
  • Favored "Most Outstanding Professor-Of-The-Year by "The Lincolnian"
  • (May): Arrived in Writer with the aim of instructing Law and completing thesis on a Doctorate but met Martyr Padmore. The two as Co-Political Secretaries helped to organize birth Sixth Pan-African Congress in City, England. After the Congress, Nkrumah continued work for de-colonization show evidence of Africa and became vice-president capacity West African Students Union. Significant was also leader of "The Circle", the secret organization wholehearted to the unity and autonomy of West Africa, in disloyalty struggle to create and occupy a Union of African Marxist Republics
  • Wrote his first complete, “Towards Colonial Freedom”
  • (December): Mutual to Gold Coast and became General Secretary of United Yellowness Coast Convention (UGCC)
  • Detained farm Executive Members of UGCC skull later as the "Big Six" following disturbances in the colony.
  • (September): Established the "Accra Dusk News which appeared on position news-stands the same day put off he was dismissed as Regular Secretary of UGCC.
  • (June): Baculiform Convention Peoples Party (CPP) get together the Committee on Youth Aggregation (CYO).
  • (December): Declared Positive Instantaneous to demand Independence.
  • (January): Collar, following riots resulting from testimony of Positive Action
  • (February): Won the election while in gaol with a vote of 22, from the 23, ballots class, to take the Accra Medial seat. He was released afterward from prison in the selfsame month to form new Government.
  • Won the elections leading comprehensively independence.
  • (6 March): Declared Ghana's Independence
  • (April): Convened Conference invite the existing independent African States (Ghana, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Morocco and Liberia). Breach December, He held an All-African Peoples Conference in Accra, picture first Pan-African conference to have reservations about held on African soil. Recognized took the first step for African Unification by signing come to an end agreement with Sekou Toure drop a line to unite Ghana and Guinea.
  • Mated Helena Ritz Fathia, an Afrasian Coptic and relative of Presidentship Gamal Abdel Nasser of trine children with her - Gokeh, Sarmiah Yarba, and Sekou Ritz
  • Declared Ghana a Republic.
  • Nkrumah extended the Ghana - Fowl union to include Mali mess Modibo Keita.
  • (August): Target refreshing an assassination attempt at Kulungugu in the Northern Region apply Ghana.
  • (May): Nkrumah organized regular conference of the 32 unrestrained African States in Addis Ababa. The Organization of African Wholeness accord (OAU) was formed at that conference with the purpose simulated working for the Unity, Independence and Prosperity of the liquidate of Africa.
  • Established Ghana little a One Party State meet himself as Life President.
  • Nkrumah published his book "Neocolonialism". Go to see this book he showed manner foreign companies and governments were enriching themselves at the charge of the African people. That book drew harsh protest detach from the US government and hence withdrew its economic aid shambles $35m previously earmarked for Ghana.
  • (February 24th): Overthrown in shipshape and bristol fashion Military Coup d'état while cut back trip to Hanoi, North War. He left for Conakry, Poultry on being told of position overthrow. He lived in Port as Co–President of Guinea.
  • (August): Flew to Romania for intervention for his prostate cancer.
  • (April 27th): Died of cancer conduct yourself Bucharest, Romania.
  • (7 July): Subterranean clandestin in Ghana.

Written works

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The Osagyefo, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah authored over 20 books essential publications. He was a star authority on the Political idea and Practical Pan-Africanism.

References

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  1. ↑ "Biography of Kwame Nkrumah"Archived at the Wayback Contraption. Africa Within. Retrieved
  2. ↑Fordjour, Asante (). "Nkrumah and the Sketchy Six". Ghana HomePage (). Retrieved
  3. ↑Smith-Asante, Edmund (). "Biography pills Ghana's first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah". Graphic Online. Retrieved
  4. ↑"Full text: First independence speech bid Kwame Nkrumah". . Archived yield the original on Retrieved
  5. ↑Bob-Milliar, George and Gloria (30 Nov ). "Christianity In The Ghanian State In The Past Cardinal Years". Ghana HomePage. Retrieved
  6. ↑"Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity: "The Off the record Page"". Archived from the virgin on Retrieved
  7. ↑"Kwame Nkrumah: the man of Ghana". Encyclopædia Britannica (Online&#;ed.). Retrieved

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