USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who organized strikes in Ghana and boycotts to protest the British rule and help Ghana become the first black African nation to win independence
A
Jomo Kenyatta
B
Kikuyu
C
Kwame Nkrumah
D
Ghanaian’s
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kwame Nkrumah PC (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957.

Detailed explanation-2: -He advocated the use of nonviolent strikes and boycotts to win independence in Ghana. Who was Kwame Nkrumah?

Detailed explanation-3: -The Positive Action campaign was a series of political protests and strikes in pre-independence Ghana; a political activism campaign. The campaign was launched by Kwame Nkrumah before his election by popular vote as the ruler of Gold Coast and then Prime Minister of Ghana after the independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -He formed an African student’s organization and became a popular speaker, advocating the liberation of Africa from European colonialism. He also promoted Pan-Africanism, a movement for cooperation between all people of African descent and for the political union of an independent Africa.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sixty-five years ago, on the night of 5 to 6 March 1957, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the architect of the independence movement, stood before the huge crowd gathered at the old polo grounds in Accra, until then reserved for the British colonists. He declared: “Ghana, your beloved country, is free forever.” “We have awakened.

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