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Nkrumah

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Nkrumah
Kwame . 1909--72, Ghanaian statesman, prime minister (1957-60) and president (1960-66). He led demands for self- government in the 1950s, achieving Ghanaian independence in 1957. He was overthrown by a military coup (1966)


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Along the way, he befriended, admired, and advised such historic figures as Malcolm X and Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana's first Black president); and wrote and lectured extensively about African world history.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; ([dagger]) Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; ([double dagger]) Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; ([section]) Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana; ([paragraph]) National Tuberculosis Programme, Accra, Ghana; (#) Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana; and ** National Reference Centre for Mycobacteria, Borstel, Germany
Later, Birdie's classmates challenge both her presence at Nkrumah Academy and her blackness: "Who's that?
 
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