| LC control no. | n 79065621 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972 |
| Variant(s) | Nkrumah, Francis Nwia Koffi Kwame, 1909-1972 Nkrumah, Kwame, Pres. Ghana, 1909-1972 Osagyefo, 1909-1972 |
| See also | Ghana. President (1961-1966 : Nkrumah) |
| Associated country | Ghana |
| Associated place | Guinea |
| Birth date | 1909-09-21 |
| Death date | 1972-04-27 |
| Place of birth | Western Region (Ghana) |
| Place of death | Bucharest (Romania) |
| Field of activity | Ghana--Politics and government Pan-Africanism |
| Profession or occupation | Prime ministers Presidents Politicians |
| Found in | His Address to the Trans-Volta Togoland Council ... 1954. Britannica academic edition online, Mar. 27, 2014 (Kwame Nkrumah; b. Sep. 21, 1909, Nkroful, Gold Coast (now Ghana); d. Apr. 27, 1972, Bucharest, Romania; headed Ghana from its independence in 1957 until overthrown by a coup in 1966; prime minister Mar. 1957, became president in 1960 when Ghana became a republic under a new constitution; focused much of his energy on campaigning for political unity of Africa, as economic conditions worsened in Ghana; after 1966 coup he found asylum in Guinea) Kwame Nkrumah, 2016: page 5 (Francis Nwia Koffi Kwame Nkrumah) Wikipedia, May 9, 2023 (Francis Kwame Nkrumah (Sept. 21, 1909 - Apr. 27, 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary; was the First Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957; an influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah> |
| Associated language | eng |
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