On May 11, 1946, Kwame Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast (now Ghana) after years studying and organizing in the United States and the UK. Upon his return, he joined the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) as a general secretary, quickly becoming a leading voice for independence. Nkrumah would later break away to form the Convention People’s Party (CPP), which led Ghana to independence in 1957—the first in sub-Saharan Africa. His return on May 11 marks a pivotal moment in African liberation history. A Pan-Africanist at heart, Nkrumah’s global ideas and local leadership sparked a continental wave of decolonization. His arrival back in Ghana foreshadowed a political earthquake that would reshape Africa.
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