Kwame nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

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  • Birthday

    Birthday
    Kwmae Nkrumah is born in Ghana

  • Moving for University

    Moving for University
    Moved to America and goes to Lincoln University in 1935

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    Graduacting from Lincolin University

  • Moving to London

    Moving to London
    Moves to London and He helped to organize the Fifth Pan-African Congress

  • First book

    First book
    Wrote his first book, "Towards Colonial Freedom"

  • Returning home

    Returning home
    Returned to Gold Coast and became General Secretary of United Gold Coast Convention

  • Forming the CPP and the CYO

    Formed Convention Peoples Party with the Committee on Youth Organization

  • The arrest of Nkrumah

    The arrest of Nkrumah
    Arrested, following riots resulting from declaration of Positive Action

  • Winning the election and being released

    Winning the election and being released
    Won the election while in prison with a vote of 22,780 from the 23,122 ballots cast, to take the Accra Central seat. He was released later from prison in the same month to form new Government

  • Freedom of Ghana

    Freedom of Ghana
    Won the elections leading to independence of Ghana. With him being the first president

  • Ghana becomes a republic

    Ghana becomes a republic
    Declared Ghana a Republic

  • Targeted

    Targeted
    Target of an assassination attempt at Kulungugu in the Northern Region of Ghana.

  • Nkrumah dead

    Nkrumah dead
    Died of Cancer in Romania

  • Buried

    Buried
    Kwame Nkrumah is buried in his mome towm in Ghana