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Nkrumah 's Successful And Failed Policies

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Nkrumah’s successful and failed policies
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Shamik Patel
Modern History of West Africa 3301
Mr. Kobo
June 9 2016
Shamik Patel
Mr. Kobo
Final Paper
June 9th 2016
Nkrumah 's Successful and failed policies A great leader of Ghana was not solely known by his name but people remember him for what he has done for the nation. Kwame Nkrumah led United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) to gain support and achieve independence for Ghana in 1957. After a conflict in party arises Nkrumah splits because he believed that UGCC goal wasn 't solely to achieve independence and formed a new party, the Convention People 's Party (CPP). After Nkrumah became the first Ghana president through his policies and political strategies it helped Ghana exponentially develop and lead Ghana towards modernization. The period of 1958-1966 would mark as one of the most critical periods for development for many countries in western Africa and Ghana was amongst leading countries in rapid industrialization (Week 3, Economic and political development: Slide 7). To this day, people of Ghana remember Nkrumah not just as the first president but as a great leader for numerous reasons, mainly for his great deal of contribution in gaining independence and post-independence developments. One of the prominent achievements that Dr. Nkrumah had achieved was gaining independence from Great Britain through serving as a leader in both UGCC and CPP. Although both parties

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