Kwame Nkrumah, the elected leader and first president of Ghana, was overthrown in a military coup while on a peace mission to Vietnam. Nkrumah, a prominent Pan-Africanist and key figure in Ghana’s independence from British rule, had increasingly faced political opposition at home. His ousting marked a turning point in Ghanaian politics and had broader implications for post-colonial leadership across Africa.
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