Kwame Nkrumah
 Kwame Nkrumah    (politician) | |
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| 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 |
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
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| 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 |
