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Nkrumah: Ghana's pan-Africanist leader

Gwendolin Hilse
January 18, 2018

Kwame Nkrumah is revered for his vision of a liberated and united Africa and for leading Ghana to independence from British colonial rule. But his life wasn't all triumph - Ghanaians celebrated when Nkrumah was overthrown in a military coup after nearly a decade in power.

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Isaac Kaledzi, Gwendolin Hilse and Philipp Sandner contributed to this package. It is part of DW's special series "African Roots", dedicated to African history, a cooperation with the Gerda Henkel Foundation.