In 1952 Kwame Nkrumah became Prime Minister of the Gold Coast and in 1957 the country gained its independence under the new name of Ghana. LSE Archivist, Sue Donnelly, writes about Nkrumah’s brief time at LSE. Kwame Nkrumah was born in Nkroful on the Gold Coast in 1909. The precise date of his birth is … Continue reading Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) – a term at LSE