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Nkrumah remained an intellectual leader of the Pan-Africanist movement and continued to articulate visions of African Revolution. [104] In his 1968 book Dark Days in Ghana , Nkrumah placed the struggles of Ghana in the context of 15 military coups which took place in Africa between 1962 and 1967. [ 105 ]
The 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état (codenamed Operation Cold Chop) [1] was a military overthrow of President Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, while he was visiting China. The swift and bloodless coup led to the establishment of an eight-member National Liberation Council (NLC), comprising four army and four police officers.
Following his passing, negotiations between Ghana's National Redemption Council and President Sékou Touré of Guinea facilitated the repatriation of Nkrumah's body. Initially, President Touré of Guinea declined Ghana's requests for the repatriation, opting instead to grant Nkrumah a state funeral in Conakry, Guinea's capital.
Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from Britain. [1]
On February 24, 1966, the government of Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown in a military coup d'état. Leaders of the established coup, including army officers Colonel E.K. Kotoka, Major A. A. Afrifa, Lieutenant General (retired) J. A. Ankrah, and Police Inspector General J.W.K. Harlley, justified their takeover by charging that the CPP administration was abusive and corrupt.
Failure to conclude a peace deal that included the Palestinians, Carter’s advisors recognized, risked alienating potential Arab allies and opened up the region to increased Soviet influence.
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