Kwame Nkrumah 1909 – 1972
Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian political philosopher and the first Prime Minister and President of independent Ghana. After studies in the United States and the United Kingdom, he returned to the Gold Coast in 1947 to lead the campaign for independence, achieved in 1957. His writings, including Consciencism and Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism, articulate a philosophical and political program of African unity, African personality, and resistance to economic domination by former colonial powers. He was deposed in a military coup in 1966 and died in exile in Romania.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Postcolonial Philosophy, Political
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Kwame Nkrumah:
“Seek ye first the political kingdom, and all things shall be added unto you.”
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Attributed to Kwame Nkrumah:
“Africa must unite.”
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Attributed to Kwame Nkrumah:
“Independence is meaningless without economic and political emancipation.”
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Attributed to Kwame Nkrumah:
“Neo-colonialism is the worst form of imperialism.”
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Attributed to Kwame Nkrumah:
“We face neither East nor West; we face forward.”