Nkrumah

[ uhn-kroo-muh, uhng-kroo- ]

noun

1. Kwa·me [kwah, -mee], 1909–72, president of Ghana 1960–66.

Nkrumah

/ əŋˈkruːmə /

noun

1. NkrumahKwame19091972MGhanaianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime ministerPOLITICS: head of state Kwame (ˈkwɑːmɪ). 1909–72, Ghanaian statesman, prime minister (1957–60) and president (1960–66). He led demands for self-government in the 1950s, achieving Ghanaian independence in 1957. He was overthrown by a military coup (1966)

Example Sentences

Military and police personnel had stormed Ghana's government buildings, seizing power from Nkrumah, who was away on a foreign trip.

From BBC

Seven-year-old Mahama feared his father had been killed because of his proximity to Nkrumah.

From BBC

Bawumia's father Alhaji had served in Ghana's earliest governments after the country gained independence from Britain in 1957, working closely with revered Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah.

From BBC

Alongside pioneering Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Arsenal fan Itoje is an admirer of former Gunners captain Patrick Vieira.

From BBC

One of my favorite activities as a teenager was shopping for books at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, a busy bus station in the heart of the city, where volumes are neatly arranged in stalls or on canvas spread out on the ground.

From New York Times