Kwame Nkrumah

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Pan-Africanist anti-colonial activist human politician revolutionary

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.

Aliases (2)

Francis Kwame Nkrumah ×1
Nkrumah ×1

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pan-Africanist → anti-colonial activist → human → politician → revolutionary →
authored	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 → Samia Nkrumah → Sekou Nkrumah →
citizenship	Ghana → Gold Coast →
coFounded	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 and Political Science → University College London → University of Pennsylvania →
exiledTo	Guinea →
familyName	Nkrumah →
founded	Convention People’s Party →
fullName	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-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 (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ghana → Non-Aligned Movement →	foundingLeader
Kwame Nkrumah ("Nkrumah") →	familyName
Non-Aligned Movement →	founder
Kwame Nkrumah ("Francis Kwame Nkrumah") →	fullName
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) →	hasNotableAlumnus
Pan-Africanism →	hasNotableProponent
Stokely Carmichael →	influencedBy
British Gold Coast →	significantLeader