Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah (September 21, 1909 - April 27, 1972) was a Ghanaian politician and one of the most influential founders of Pan-Africanism.

Early life and Education

He was born in Nkroful, Gold Coast (Ghana) as Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma. Educated at Achimota School, Accra and the Roman Catholic Seminary, Amisano, he taught at the Catholic school in Axim. In 1935 he left Africa for the USA, receiving a BA from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in 1939. He also gained an MS in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and a MA in Philosophy from the same place in 1943. While lecturing in Political Science

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Nkroful - Achimota School - Accra - Axim - 1935 - Lincoln University - Pennsylvania - 1939 - University of Pennsylvania - 1942 - 1943

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at Lincoln he was elected president of the African Students Organization of America and Canada.

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He arrived in London in 1945 intending to study at the LSE. But following a meeting with George Padmore he helped to organise the Sixth Pan-African Congress in Manchester, England. After that he began to work for the decolonisation of Africa and became Vice-President of West African Students Union.

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London - 1945 - LSE - George Padmore - Pan-African Congress - Manchester

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