2. Pan-African movement and unity Ghana's independence fuelled the Pan-African movement, with Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah playing a key role in advocating for the unity of African nations.

Sixty-eight years ago, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the leader of Ghana’s independence movement, declared the country as “free forever” before a joyous crowd gathered at the old polo grounds in Accra.

The vision of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president and the man who led the country to independence in 1957, was to make his country a beacon of success in Africa and power the movement towards ...

Their efforts paved the way for other African nations to follow, inspiring a wave of independence movements across the continent. For Ghanaians, March 6 is more than a date; it is a reminder of ...

“The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa”, gave momentum to the independence movements across the continent. Ghana followed up its ...

After Ghana won its independence in 1957, there was a domino effect close domino effect The effect of one event causing a whole chain of further events, like a row of dominoes falling down and ...

Ghana’s independence was not the work of a lone hero but a collective effort involving numerous visionary leaders, including Joseph Boakye (Dr. J.B. Danquah), Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, Ebenezer ...

Three decades later colonial Gold Coast, under British rule, would become Ghana through the pressure of an independence movement that served as an inspiration to other anti-colonial struggles on ...

Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence in 1957. ... Sixty-eight years ago, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the leader of Ghana’s independence movement, ...