Ghana’s 1957 independence wasn’t won by one man alone. It began with three slain WWII veterans, six arrested leaders, and a movement that pulled in ordinary workers and market women. Contributing writer Christabel Annor traces the path to the Gold Coast becoming the first sub-Saharan African nation to break free from colonial rule.
Kwame Nkrumah
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The reader who became a revolutionary: Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah legacy explored in a profile of the Gold Coast-born leader who became Ghana’s first president and a towering figure in Pan-Africanism and African independence.