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Title:
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Alternate title:
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Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
01.01.1946
Date late:
31.12.1960
Proper date:
01.01.1946-31.12.1960
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
drawing, portrait of two m, stool, textile pattern
Individuals:
Jesus Christ (biblical figure), Nkrumah, Kwame (Mr)Name: Nkrumah, Kwame (Mr)
Date of Birth: 30.11.1908
Date of Death: 30.11.1971
Biography: M.S. in Educ. 1943, M.A. 1944, was born in Africa’s Gold Coast (now Ghana). As a young man, he was a school teacher before leaving his homeland to further his education in American universities. He later traveled to England where he worked for the decolonization of Africa and in the Pan-African movement before returning to Africa to lead his country’s independence movement. After the 1957 British withdrawal from his country, Nkrumah became Prime Minister and then, in 1960, the first president of the modern nation of Ghana. Despite his early studies of Marxism, Nkrumah’s political views tended toward socialism rather than to capitalism or communism. During his early years in office, Nkrumah did much to modernize his country. Despite high hopes, however, the difficulties of financing power plants and organizing armies in a poor African country led to corruption, police tactics and wide-spread dissatisfaction. In February 1966, Nkrumah was overthrown while on a state visit to China. He never returned to Ghana but from his exile in Guinea, Nkrumah gained worldwide recognition for his continued efforts on behalf of Pan-African unity.
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 13.8cm x 8.8cm
[Condition]: good
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.039.0002
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.039.0002
Title: "--- "
Creator: unknown
Date: 01.01.1946-31.12.1960

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