HISTORY
NEW NATIONS EMERGE
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Question
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He jailed his political opposition
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He pushed through costly public projects like roads and health facilities that crippled the economy.
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He secretly began plans to kill all of the ethnic minorities in Ghana
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He was corrupt and used tax collections to make himself rich
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Detailed explanation-1: -Within this educated environment, the focus of government power gradually shifted from the hands of the governor and his officials into those of Ghanaians, themselves. The changes resulted from the gradual development of a strong spirit of nationalism and were to result eventually in independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ghana’s independence in 1957 was achieved through negotiations led by the United Nations. The Africans in the Gold Coast colony were unwilling to accept small reforms towards representation; they wanted full freedom and independence. The leader of their largely nonviolent movement was Kwame Nkrumah.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fundamentally, many imperatives triggered the decolonization of Ghana. These include: the long tradition of anti-colonial protests; the relative economic prosperity of the country (gold, cocoa, and other raw materials); absence of ethnic nationalism; etc.