21/09/2021
BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT OSAGYEFO DR KWAME NKRUMAH. 🌍🇬🇭👑
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President was born on September 21, 1909, at Nkroful in the Western Region.
He attended Achimota School and also trained as a teacher. He went to the United States in 1935 for advanced studies, receiving a B. A. from Lincoln University in 1939.
He also received an STB ( Bachelor of Sacred Theology) in 1942, a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and a Master of Arts in Philosophy the following year.
While lecturing in Political Science at Lincoln University, Dr. Nkrumah was elected President of the African Students Organization of America and Canada.
He continued his schooling in England, where he helped to organise the Fifth Pan-African Congress in 1945
He then founder the West African National Secretariat to work for the decolonization of AFRIKA 🌍. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah also served as Vice President of the West African Students' Union.
During his lifetime, OSAGYEFO Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was awarded honorary doctorates by Lincoln University, Moscow State University, Cairo University, Jagielloniaan University in Krakow, Poland and Humboldt university in Former East Germany.
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