Kwame Nkrumah
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Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and President of an independent Ghana and a leading Pan-Africanist who played a key role in Africa’s decolonization and unity movements.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kwame Nkrumah canonical | 51 |
| Nkrumah | 2 |
| Francis Kwame Nkrumah | 1 |
| Kwame Nkrumah (artist) | 1 |
| Kwame Nkrumah as deposed president of Ghana | 1 |
| Kwame Nkrumah government | 1 |
| President Kwame Nkrumah | 1 |
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pan-Africanist
ⓘ
anti-colonial activist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| authored |
Pan-Africanism
ⓘ
surface form:
Africa Must Unite
Consciencism ⓘ Dark Days in Ghana ⓘ I Speak of Freedom ⓘ Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Gamal Nkrumah
ⓘ
Gamal Nkrumah ⓘ
surface form:
Samia Nkrumah
Gamal Nkrumah ⓘ
surface form:
Sekou Nkrumah
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| citizenship |
Ghana
ⓘ
Gold Coast ⓘ |
| coFounded |
African Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Organization of African Unity
|
| commemoratedBy |
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
ⓘ
statues in Ghana ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Gold Coast ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Romania ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-09-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1972-04-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Achimota School
ⓘ
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ
surface form:
London School of Economics and Political Science
University College London ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| exiledTo | Guinea ⓘ |
| familyName |
Kwame Nkrumah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nkrumah
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| founded | Convention People’s Party ⓘ |
| fullName |
Kwame Nkrumah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Francis Kwame Nkrumah
|
| givenName | Kwame ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentFor | Ghana ⓘ |
| headOfStateFor | Ghana ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Osagyefo ⓘ |
| ideology |
African socialism
ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ |
| influenced | African independence movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
George Padmore
ⓘ
Marcus Garvey ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Nzema ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Accra
ⓘ
Conakry ⓘ |
| memberOf | Convention People’s Party ⓘ |
| movement |
Non-Aligned Movement
ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
surface form:
Pan-African movement
|
| nationality | Ghanaian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for African unity
ⓘ
being the first President of Ghana ⓘ being the first Prime Minister of independent Ghana ⓘ leadership in Pan-Africanism ⓘ leading Ghana to independence from British colonial rule ⓘ role in African decolonization ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ politician ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
President of Ghana 1966-02-24
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ghana 1960-07-01 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
President of Ghana 1960-07-01
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ghana 1957-03-06 ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | 1966 Ghanaian coup d’état ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Nkroful
ⓘ
Western Region, Gold Coast ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bucharest ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
General Secretary of the United Gold Coast Convention
ⓘ
Head of Government of Ghana ⓘ Head of State of Ghana ⓘ Leader of Government Business of the Gold Coast ⓘ Leader of the Convention People’s Party ⓘ President of Ghana ⓘ Prime Minister of Ghana ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Ghana
ⓘ
Pan-African world ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Fathia Nkrumah ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographies about Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ |
Referenced by (58)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Francis Kwame Nkrumah
this entity surface form:
Nkrumah
subject surface form:
Independence Day (Ghana)
subject surface form:
Independence Day (Ghana)
this entity surface form:
Kwame Nkrumah government
subject surface form:
Convention People's Party
subject surface form:
Convention People's Party
subject surface form:
Convention People's Party
subject surface form:
Tema
this entity surface form:
Kwame Nkrumah as deposed president of Ghana
this entity surface form:
President Kwame Nkrumah