Word: kofi
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Dates: during 1958-1958
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...somewhat vain man who suffered a $120,000 statue of himself to be erected in front of Accra's Parliament House, Nkrumah shocked his British Laborite boosters by cracking down hard on the opposition, led by scholarly Sociologist Kofi Busia of University College. He deported his critics, sent his tough-talking Minister of the Interior, Krobo Edusei, stumping about the country, threatening to "deport aliens and detain without court trial" Ghanaians who opposed the government. But of all Nkrumah's battles, none has been fought more doggedly than the one against the traditional powers of Ghana...
...Nkrumah increased his grip, four M.P.s defected from the opposition, bringing Nkrumah's majority up to 77 v. 24. At the same time, it became known that Kofi Busia, now in ill health, intends to resign as opposition leader and go back to teaching at University College. Deprived of its most respected figure, the opposition found itself near collapse. There was no longer much doubt in Ghana as to just "where the power lies...