Plaque

Kwame Nkrumah

Inscription

Kwame Nkrumah, 1909 - 1972, first President of Ghana, lived here, 1945 - 1947.
English Heritage 

Site: Kwame Nkrumah (1 memorial)

NW5, Burghley Road, 60

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Kwame Nkrumah

First President and first Prime Minister of Ghana.  Born in the Gold Coast Co...

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