Kwame Nkrumah and Ghana

Great Britain colonizes "Gold Coast"

Apr 7, 1874

Kwame Nkrumah Timeline

Period: Apr 7, 1874 to Apr 7, 2000

Kwame Nkrumah is born

Apr 7, 1909

Nkrumah returns home to Ghana

Apr 7, 1947

Britain grants sovereignty to Ghana

Apr 7, 1947

Kwame Nkrumah becomes leader of Ghana

Apr 7, 1957

Kwame Nkrumah is removed from office in a coup d'etat

Apr 7, 1966

Definition of coup d'etat: Another term for coup

Kwame Nkrumah dies

Apr 7, 1972

- 2000 Jerry Rawlings becomes president

Apr 7, 1981

John Kufour is elected president

Apr 7, 2000