Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was a Muslim from Nkroful known as the "Gold Coast". He led a large-scale struggle against the British from the early 1950s, which resulted in the achievement of autonomy in 1956; This year, Nkrumah was elected Ghana's first prime minister. His movement inspired many of the struggles for independence in Africa. In 1960, Nkrumah succeeded in cutting off the colonial hand from the country's political and economic scene by nationalizing Ghana's mines and industries