KWAME NKRUMAH MEMORIAL PARK KWAME NKRUMAH GEDAECHTNIS PARK |
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Another settlement worth visiting is the home of the great African liberator and the first President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Though his physical remains have been re-interred in Accra, the national capital, his mausoleum and the village still welcome visitors and Pan-Africanist pilgrims.
Short History of Kwame Nkrumah (+1972) - 1961-1974
1961 - Publication of "I Speak of Fredom: A Statement of African Ideology"
1963 - Publication of "Torwards Colonist Freedom: Africa In The Struggle Against World Imperialism", first printed in 1949
1963 - (May) Foundation of the Organisationof African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Kwame Nkrumah was founder and and one of its staunchest proponents Publicatioon of "Africa Must Unite"
1965 - Publication of "Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism"
1966 - (January) Inauguration of theVolta River Dam / one of the main economic archivements of K. Nkrumah
1966 - (February, 24th) Ousted From Military and Police coup d`etat.
1966 - (March, 1th) Arrived in Conakry. Named as Co-President of Republic of Guinea;
1966 - Publication of "Chalange ofThe Congo: A Case Study of Foreign PressureIn An Independent State"
1966 - Publication of "Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah"
1967 - Publication of "Voice From Conakry"
1968 - Publication of "Dark Days In Ghana"
1968 - Publication of "Handbook ofRevolutionary Warfare: A Guide To The Armed Phase of The African Revolution"
1968 - Publication of "Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah" (Freedom Fighters Edition)
1968 - Publicatin of Five (5) pamphlets: (1) "Ghana: The WayOut" ,(2) "The Big Lie",(3) "Two Myths", (4) "The Struggle Continues"....
1970 - Publication of "Class Struggle In Africa"
1971 - (October) Left Guinea for medical treatmentinBucharest, Romania
1972 - (April, 27th) Died inBucharest hospital.
1973 - (Posthumously) Publication of "Revolutionary Path"
1974 - (Posthumously) Publication of "Rhodesia File"
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