Dr kwame nkrumah biography on youtube

September 21 is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day. The Day is celebrated in Ghana to commemorate the birth, legacy, achievements and vision of Osagyefo Dr. Ghana, before independence known as Gold Coast, was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve freedom from colonial rule. Born in the Gold Coast town of Nkroful on September 21 st Nkrumah lived in Nkroful with his mother for three years before they left to join his father who was a gold smith at Half Assini.

Nkrumah started his career as a teacher at Roman Catholic junior schools in Elmina and Axim. The sudden demise of his father thrusted the young Nkrumah into a hard world of poverty and deprivation.

Dr kwame nkrumah biography on youtube: The man was far too ambitious

He therefore resolved to further his education abroad. He continued his studies at Lincoln University in Upon completion, he served as a teaching assistant for some time, and in , he continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania. While there, the young Nkrumah came face to face with the realities of race and economic inequalities in the US, an observation which ignited his interest in the study of socialism, notably Karl Marx and Vladimir I.

In doing so, however, he also took on many ad-hoc, menial jobs to survive; he worked as a fish wholesaler, a dishwasher and a cleaner.