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What was the role of Kwame Nkrumah in Pan-Africanism?

Explain the role of Kwame Nkrumah in Pan-Africanism.

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Maurice
(i) In April 1958, he hosted All Independent African Countries Conference and another in December.

(ii) As president of Ghana, he affirmed that Ghana's independence was meaningless unless other African states were liberated,thus inspiring many Africans to struggle for political independence.

(iii) He helped Sekou Toure of Guinea with loans after the French withdrawal of support after independence and Patrice Lumumba of DRC when Belgium, USA and other western European countries were promoting cessation of some of some regions.

(iv) He became the secretary of the 1945 Manchester congress.

(v) He launched the West African national Secretariat aimed at co-coordinating plans for independence of West African colonies.

(vi) In 1946, became the Secretary General of United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) but broke off and formed Convention Peoples Party(CPP) in 1949,which led the state to independence in 1957.

(vii) He proposed the concept that delegates in 1945 Pan-African congress to go back and struggle for independence in their countries.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on May 24, 2017 at 11:55

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