Nkrumah At 117: Seven Details From A Life Ghana Still Argues About
On the anniversary of Kwame Nkrumah’s birth, NewsPulse GH revisits seven details of his life: his honorary doctorates, his marriage, the one-party turn and his exile in Guinea.
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