Convention People’s Party

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nationalist party political party

The Convention People’s Party was a nationalist political party in the British Gold Coast, led by Kwame Nkrumah, that spearheaded the struggle for independence and became the ruling party of the newly formed Ghana.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Convention People’s Party canonical	5
Convention People's Party	1
Convention People’s Party government	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nationalist party ⓘ political party ⓘ
cameToPower	1951 Gold Coast legislative election ⓘ 1954 Gold Coast legislative election ⓘ 1956 Gold Coast legislative election ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ Gold Coast ⓘ
founded	1949 ⓘ
foundedIn	British Gold Coast ⓘ
founder	Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
governedUnderConstitution	First Republic of Ghana ⓘ
governingPeriod	1957–1966 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Accra ⓘ
historicalEra	decolonization of Africa ⓘ
ideology	African nationalism ⓘ Pan-Africanism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
influenced	independence movements in other African colonies ⓘ
influencedBy	Pan-Africanism ⓘ surface form: Pan-Africanist movements
leader	Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
notableLeader	Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
notableMember	Kojo Botsio ⓘ Komla Agbeli Gbedemah ⓘ Tawia Adamafio ⓘ
objective	achieve immediate self-government for the Gold Coast ⓘ promote African unity ⓘ
opposedColonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
partyColor	green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
politicalPosition	left-wing ⓘ
predecessorOrganization	United Gold Coast Convention ⓘ
prominentPolicy	education expansion in Ghana ⓘ non-alignment in foreign policy ⓘ state-led industrialization ⓘ
re-established	1996 ⓘ
roleInHistory	led Ghana to independence in 1957 ⓘ
significance	became the ruling party of independent Ghana ⓘ spearheaded the struggle for independence of the Gold Coast from British colonial rule ⓘ
slogan	Self-Government Now ⓘ
statusAfter1966	banned following the 1966 coup in Ghana ⓘ
symbol	rooster ⓘ
womenWing	National Council of Ghana Women ⓘ
youthWing	Young Pioneers ⓘ surface form: Young Pioneers Movement

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Gold Coast → significantPoliticalParty → Convention People’s Party ⓘ

Kwame Nkrumah → founded → Convention People’s Party ⓘ

Kwame Nkrumah → memberOf → Convention People’s Party ⓘ

I Speak of Freedom → about → Convention People’s Party ⓘ

Dark Days in Ghana → about → Convention People’s Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention People's Party

1966 Ghanaian coup d’état → target → Convention People’s Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention People’s Party government

Fathia Nkrumah → associatedWith → Convention People’s Party ⓘ