Word: christianborg
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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...Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party. Instead of treading softly in the face of this opposition, Nkrumah decided to live it up as the first black ever to become a Prime Minister in the Commonwealth. He evicted Britain's Governor General from 296-year-old Christianborg Castle, and moved in himself. He put his head on Ghana's stamps, announced his intention of putting it on the country's coinage, and ordered a 20-ft. statue of himself erected in the center of Accra...
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