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Word: osagyefo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...questions: 1) whether their country should be a "full-fledged republic" no longer recognizing Elizabeth II as Queen of Ghana, 2) whether they approve of Nkrumah as first President for seven years. To the Evening News, there was only one man fit for the job. The man who: Osagyefo (Great Man), Katamanto (Man Whose Word Is Irrevocable), Oyeadieyie (Man of Deeds), Kukuduruni (Man of Courage), Nufenu (Strongest of All). Osuodumgya (Fire Extinguisher), Kasapreko (Man Whose Word Is Final), Kwame Nkrumah, Liberator and Founder of Ghana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GHANA: Who's Who | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...honor of National Founders Day, parades, garden parties, gala balls, free medical treatment for expectant mothers for a one-week period. The Accra Evening News published a special issue featuring a large front-page photograph captioned: "Our Indomitable Prime Minister and the founder of the new nation of Ghana, Osagyefo [Defender], Oyeadieyie [Does All Well], Kantamanto [Never Failing], Tufuhene Okyeade [Ever-Giving Leader]' Kukudrufo [Brave] Kwame Nkrumah!'' Presents poured in: sheep and food from Ghanaian farmers, a Piper Cub plane from Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GHANA: Happy Birthday | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

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