Ghana Turns 60 – Happy Independence Day to Our Ghanaian Brothers and Sisters
Ghana celebrates its independence, attained on this day in 1957. We commemorate the 60th anniversary of the independence of the country from British colonial rule. The day is particularly important not only for Ghana but for the whole continent. On 6 March 1957, Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence, under the leadership […]
Ghana At 60 – Remembering Kwame Nkrumah
As Ghana gears to celebrate its 60th independence anniversary, the memory of its founding father Kwame Nkrumah is back in the public limelight. But his legacy in Ghana and across Africa leaves much to be desired. When Ghana celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence on March 6, Kwame Nkrumah’s name will stir varied thoughts […]
Why Nkrumah Wanted Jomo Kenyatta Exiled in Ghana
Jomo Kenyatta would have been sent to exile in Ghana three years before Kenya’s independence if efforts by pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah had succeeded, documents from the British Prime Minister’s office show. Concerned by the inhumane conditions in which Mr Kenyatta was being held in Lodwar by the colonial government, Dr Nkrumah, then the President of […]
Kwame Nkrumah: “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”
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