Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah   (politician)
Born	21 September 1909 Nkroful, Gold Coast
Died	27 April 1972 (Age 62) Bucharest, Romania
Alma mater	Lincoln University, University of Pennsylvania, London School of Economics, University College London, Gray's Inn
Religion	baptized
Children	• Francis • Gamal • Samia • Sekou
Spouse	Fathia Rizk
Party	United Gold Coast Convention, Convention People's Party
President of Ghana  In office 1 July 1960 - 24 February 1966  Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity In office 21 October 1965 - 24 February 1966  Prime Minister of Ghana In office 6 March 1957 - 1 July 1960  Prime Minister of the Gold Coast In office 21 March 1952 - 6 March 1957

Francis Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from Britain. He was then the first Prime Minister and then the President of Ghana, from 1957 until 1966.

Official narrative

In the "Decline and fall" section, Wikipedia used at least to note the 'claim' that the coup received support from the CIA. By May 2013, it instead noted that "Nkrumah believed that the CIA had supported the coup, but this accusation was based off forged evidence given to him by the KGB. No documentary evidence exists implicating the United States in the coup."

Problems

The claim that "no documentary evidence exists implicating the United States in the coup" is belied by US government published documents that (even in the unredacted parts) state that they were seeking to end Nkrumah's rule, and were discussing a coup d'etat.

See also

• 2 Hour radio show including 45 minutes on Kwame Nkrumah and the Volta Dam Project]

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Statement from the Pan African Improvement Organisation	statement	27 August 2011	Akili Secka
Document:US Role in Nkrumah Overthrow	article	7 March 2001	Paul Lee

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