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Events on Thursday 27 April 1972 1
1909 – 1972Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)Died 27 April 1972, aged 62Nkrumah led Ghana to independence in 1957, becoming its first prime minister and later president, and was a leading voice for Pan-Africanism. He was overthrown in a 1966 coup and died in exile in Romania. He remains one of the most influential figures of African decolonization.