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Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah was born at the jungle's edge in the mud-hut village of Nkroful, where his father, a Twi (pronounced Twee) tribesman, hammered out gold ornaments for local woodcutters. A Catholic mission taught him the three Rs, and the Fathers sent him up to the Gold Coast's Achimota College. Achi-mota crackles with black & white brains (its crest is a piano keyboard, with black & white keys playing together in harmony). Nkrumah graduated (in 1931) with an itch to teach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Sunrise on the Gold Coast | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

Boston Braves--Struggling toward the first division, entertain the Cincinnati Reds in a twi-night doubleheader tomorrow and night games Wednesday and Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTERTAINMENT IN BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...Middlesex club boasts plenty of experience, gained in the local Paul Revere League and the Watertown Twi-League, where it has a record of 40 wins against 10 losses. Foster, one of its star pitchers, will shift allegiance and hurl for the Crimson tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Informal Nine To Meet Club Of Watertown | 8/12/1947 | See Source »

...Essex Wire Corp. of Detroit reported a 34% reduction in scrap after putting its people through TWI training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Success Team | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...Buffalo die-casting company reports TWI has made it possible to break in inspectors of hand grenades in one day where it used to take five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Success Team | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

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