Political Figures

Kwame Nkrumah

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General Reference

Political Atlas. "Kwame Nkrumah." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://political.interactiveatlas.org/political-figures/kwame-nkrumah.

APA Style

Political Atlas. (n.d.). Kwame Nkrumah. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://political.interactiveatlas.org/political-figures/kwame-nkrumah

BibTeX

@misc{politicalatlas-kwame-nkrumah,
  author = {Political Atlas},
  title = {Kwame Nkrumah},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://political.interactiveatlas.org/political-figures/kwame-nkrumah},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian nationalist leader who led the Gold Coast to independence and served as Ghana's first prime minister and first president. He was a leading advocate of Pan-Africanism and continental unity.

Facts

Birth Year

1909 1

Death Date

1972-04-27 1

Death Year

1972 1

Cross-Tradition Connections