NKRUMAH
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GENERAL NEWS
Watch footage of Nkrumah’s mock burial held in 1972 in Lagos
In May 1972, a mock burial was held in Lagos, Nigeria for former President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. At the time…
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GENERAL NEWS
Nkrumah, Rawlings, Queen Elizabeth others used this 124-year-old building as a presidential hideout
It is one of the oldest Dutch buildings outside Europe which is very much still alive. Established in 1897 by…
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POLITICS
The Visible Records: Nkrumah vs. the 4th Republic
The legacy of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has become a topic of public debate following a recent…
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POLITICS
Nkrumah’s cane walking stick and how he used it to send unique messages to his photographer
Using a walking stick might seem old-school today but in Kwame Nkrumah’s days, it had a different fashionistic feel to…
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POLITICS
Major-General Barwah, the loyal Nkrumah army chief shot on the spot for refusing to acknowledge 1966 coup
The events that led to the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, involved a number of issues surrounding loyalties…
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GENERAL NEWS
Smiling Faces and Handshakes: How Nkrumah’s close allies bid him goodbye while plotting his ousting
Of all Ghana’s four major military coups, the one that took out the country’s founder and first president, Osagyefo Dr.…
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EDUCATION
COCOBOD Scholarships: How another Nkrumah legacy has been flushed down the drain forever
Ghana as a country probably saw its best era of infrastructural and economic development under the country’s first president, the…
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GENERAL NEWS
‘Sasabonsam’: Watch as London-based Ghanaian in 1966 tore down Nkrumah’s images in anger
After being deposed in a coup on February 24, 1966, by a joint military and police operation led by the…
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GENERAL NEWS
A rare account on what ‘actually’ killed Nkrumah
The passing of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, has long been shrouded in mysteries and speculations. Official records…
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News Africa
What Togo’s first president said about Nkrumah taking over Western Togoland
Togo’s first president, Sylvanus Olympio, was a vocal critic of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, especially over his…
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