Nkrumah in a sentence

Controversial son of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, Dr Sekou Nkrumah, says the late former President Jerry John Rawlings is best remembered as “a dare devil”.

George P. Hagan, "Nkrumah's Cultural Policy", in Arhin (1992), The Life and Work of Kwame Nkrumah.

Growth of opposition to Nkrumah Nkrumah's complete domination of political power had served to isolate lesser leaders, leaving each a real or imagined challenger to the ruler.

In 1961, Nkrumah laid the first stones in the foundation of the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute created to train Ghanaian civil servants as well as promote Pan-African ism.

K. B. Asante, "Nkrumah and State Enterprises", in Arhin (1992), The Life and Work of Kwame Nkrumah.

Many Ghanaians hoped that their decisions would be in the general interest of the nation, as compared with those made by the Nkrumah administration, which were judged to satisfy narrow party interests and, more important, Nkrumah's personal agenda.

Nkrumah had heard journalist and future Nigerian president Nnamdi Azikiwe speak while a student at Achimota; the two men met and Azikiwe's influence increased Nkrumah's interest in black nationalism.

P. A. V. Ansah, "Kwame Nkrumah and the Mass Media", in Arhin (1992), The Life and Work of Kwame Nkrumah.

This is a departure from Nkrumah's foreign policy approach; Nkrumah was frequently accused of subverting African regimes, such as Togo and Ivory Coast, which he considered ideologically conservative.

When in 1958 the Harlem Lawyers Association had an event in Nkrumah's honour, diplomat Ralph Bunche told him: We salute you, Kwame Nkrumah, not only because you are Prime Minister of Ghana, although this is cause enough.

Acheampong listened to him unfurl his story about Nkrumah’s millions, wondering whether he was listening to a fantasist or a con man.

As illustrated by Kwame Nkrumah the Ghanaian Political legend’s quote, Franca faced neither East nor West, she face forward.

James Boafo, a lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and his colleagues documented the phenomenon in a 2019 report published in the journal Sustainability.

Lead selector for the West Indies men’s team, Desmond Haynes, says Nkrumah Bonner was not selected for the tour of South Africa so he could return to the Caribbean to work on his game.

The government stated in a statement signed by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, that Mrs. Kufuor led a life of compassion, steadfast dedication, and selfless service to the people of Ghana.

The GTA boss intimated that work has started on several projects, including the Aburi Botanical Garden, the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, the Yaa Asantewaa Museum and the Pikworo Slave camp among others.

When they reached the capital, the coup leaders told the soldiers that Nkrumah was meeting with Vietnamese President, Ho Chi Minh, in preparation for the deployment of Ghanaian soldiers to the Vietnam War.

During interrogation, Sakyi denied the offence in his cautioned statement and said he was attacked at Kwame Nkrumah Circle by two unknown guys, who requested his service to North Kaneshie.

He also encountered a number of important community leaders and political figures throughout his career, among them Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana following its independence from Britain in March 1957.

It is the first treason trial in Ghana since 1963 when the first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown.