Kwame Nkrumah was born on 21 September 1909 in Nkroful. A Ghanaian politician, Nkrumah studied in the United States and Britain and returned to the Gold Coast to lead the independence movement as head of the Convention People's Party. In 1957 Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to win independence from colonial rule, and he served as its prime minister and then, from 1960, as president. A leading Pan-Africanist, he helped to found the Organisation of African Unity, while at home his government became increasingly authoritarian and the economy struggled. He was overthrown in a military coup in 1966 while visiting China and spent his last years in Guinea.
Before and after
- 22 April 1909Birth of Rita Levi-Montalcini
- 15 June 1909Founding of International Cricket Council
- 30 August 1909Charles Walcott discovers the Burgess Shale
- 7 September 1909Founding of Real Sociedad
- 21 September 1909Birth of Kwame Nkrumah
- 3 October 1909Founding of Bologna F.C. 1909
- 26 November 1909Birth of Eugène Ionesco
- 19 December 1909Founding of Borussia Dortmund
- 1910Construction of Pergamon Museum
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