Word: turkson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Turkson Ocran, secretary of the Gold Coast Trade Union Congress, and Ocran's friend, Anthony Woode, who had attended a conference of the Communist World Federation of Trade Unions. It was Ocran who organized the anti-British strikes that helped Nkrumah to power in 1951. Said Nkrumah: "It is not in the best interest of our country for any nationalist engaged in the struggle for independence to allow himself to be used by Communist organizations...
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