On April 27, 1972, Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and a towering figure in African liberation movements, died at the age of 62 while in exile in Conakry, Guinea. Nkrumah was a visionary Pan-Africanist who led Ghana to independence from British colonial rule in 1957—the first sub-Saharan African nation to do so. As president, he championed industrial development, education, and continental unity, but was overthrown in a 1966 coup while on a diplomatic trip to Vietnam. Despite political exile, Nkrumah remained a symbol of African self-determination and his writings continue to inspire movements for Black liberation worldwide.
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