nkrumah in A Sentence

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    But for Nkrumah, it was much more.

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    Nkrumah never forgot those days.

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    Nkrumah's bodyguard, Salifu Dagarti, shielded the President with his body and was mortally wounded.

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    According to Public Broadcasting Services(PBS) records, Nkrumah came from a humble and traditional Ghanaian family.

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    This was about,‘My name is Nkrumah Steward,' and‘My name is Robert Adams, pleasure to meet you, cousin.

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    Nkrumah promised a delegation from the Republic of Dahomey that he would not interfere in the post-coup crisis.

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    Exiles opposing Nkrumah organized in Togo and exiles opposing Olympio organized in Ghana creating a very tense atmosphere.

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    The relationship became quite tense with Olympio referring to Nkrumah as a"black imperialist" and Nkrumah repeatedly threatening Olympio's government.

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    Relations between the countries of Ghana and Togo(and between Nkrumah and Olympio) became very tense in 1962 with repeated assassination plots.

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    Nkrumah proposed openly that Togo and Ghana dissolve the colonial borders and unite while Olympio sought to have the eastern part of the German colony returned to Togo.

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    In 1961, Nkrumah warned Olympio of"dangerous international consequences" if the support for dissidents to his rule that were living in Togo did not cease, but Olympio largely ignored the threat.

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    In order to unite the Ewe, Nkrumah proposed openly that Togo become part of Ghana while Olympio sought to have the eastern part of the old German colony returned to Togo.

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    While the government of Ghana and its president Kwame Nkrumah were implicated in the coup and assassination of Olympio, full investigation was never completed and the international outcry eventually died down.

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    Nkrumah Steward, the descendant of a slave, and Robert Adams, the descendant of a plantation owner, pulled together the meeting between their two families to enjoy a meal on the same South Carolina property where Steward's family was once enslaved.

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    It is relevant to recall here the words of Kwameh Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, who had rightly pointed out that"the Congo Basin alone can produce enough food crops to satisfy the requirements of nearly half the population of the whole world”.

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    When Nkrumah made a surprise visit to Togo soon after the country had achieved independence and proposed a union of the two countries in the name of African unity Olympio responded that"African unity, so much to be desired, must not be used as an excuse for an expansionist policy.

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    The relationship between the two leaders declined with Olympio often dismissing Nkrumah as a"black imperialist" and, although he initially claimed he did not want a military in Togo, upon achieving independence Olympio funded and built a small military largely to protect the country against any possible advances by Nkrumah and Ghana.

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    Early in his career, Olympio had worked with Kwame Nkrumah, a leader of the independence struggle in the neighboring colony of Ghana and the first president of that country, on the issue of ending colonialism in Africa; however, the two leaders split over figuring out the eastern part of the German colony which had become part of Ghana and the division of the Ewe people.

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