Word: nkrumah
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...police. Caught in nearby Nigeria and flown to Accra on a Ghana air force plane, he was on his way to prison-and almost surely to death. The cage in which he rode had been especially designed and constructed to contain a greater prize: the erstwhile Ghanaian ruler, Kwame Nkrumah, who before his overthrow a year ago, called himself "the Christ of our day" and "the Conqueror of imperialism...
...Nkrumah has avoided the cage. He is ensconced in a seaside villa in the Guinean capital of Conakry, 980 miles from Accra, where he studies French, carries on a voluminous correspondence with his remaining admirers and hatches schemes for a triumphal return. Though Sékou Touré, Guinea's leader, has distinctly cooled on his initial offer to share power and prestige with Nkrumah, he continues to give Nkrumah sanctuary. Nkrumah's presence is thus still felt in Ghana, especially by the military men of the National Liberation Council who now run the country...
...unable to agree on a place to meet, much less on a way to keep the tottering federal government on its feet. Then, suddenly, Gowon and the four regional heads dropped everything and took off for Accra, Ghana. After two whirlwind days of secret negotiations at one of Kwama Nkrumah's old villas, the five men, gushing optimism, emerged from the conference table. Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu, leader of the Eastern Ibos whose threatened secession precipitated the present crisis, called the negotiations "a very big success." Gowon said simply, "Nigeria will definitely remain united." The entire episode seemed nothing short...
Nothing seemed to be too good for Nkrumah in Guinea. He was given a spacious villa by the sea for himself and his 100 Ghanian security guards. There was talk that he would represent Guinea at the United Nations in Manhattan. There was also talk that Guinea would launch an invasion of Ghana to put Nkrumah back in power. Guinea's radio stations broadcast Nkrumah's bellicose "I shall return" promises...
...Nkrumah's years of misrule now fully exposed by Ghana's well-entrenched new military government, many Guinean officials consider his presence a distinct liability. As a result, he has been elbowed out of the political limelight; he is now kept under virtual house arrest in his high-walled villa. Nearly a dozen of his bodyguards have deserted and crossed the border to Sierra Leone to start a new life. His Egyptian wife Fathia, whom he shelved years ago for more comely playmates, has taken refuge in Cairo, refuses to rejoin him or even to allow his three...