CULTURETECHLENSKwame Nkrumah
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Combined Graph record U-01277 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0258. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) was active in several Pan-African organizations; on 6 March 1957 the Gold Coast became the independent nation of Ghana with Nkrumah as prime minister, and in 1960 he became the republic's first president, remaining in office until he was overthrown in 1966.
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Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) was active in several Pan-African organizations; on 6 March 1957 the Gold Coast became the independent nation of Ghana with Nkrumah as prime minister, and in 1960 he became the republic's first president, remaining in office until he was overthrown in 1966.
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Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) was active in several Pan-African organizations; on 6 March 1957 the Gold Coast became the independent nation of Ghana with Nkrumah as prime minister, and in 1960 he became the republic's first president, remaining in office until he was overthrown in 1966.
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