BIOGRAPHY OF DR KWAME NKRUMAH, by foster
– Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, whose centenary is being marked on Monday, was born on September 21, 1909, at Nkroful in the Western Region. He attended Achimota School and also trained as a teacher. He went to the United States in 1935 for advanced studies receiving a B.A. from Lincoln University in 1939. Advertisement He also received an STB (Bachelor of Sacred Theology) in 1942, a Master of Science in education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942, and a Master of Arts in Philosophy the following year. While lecturing in political science at Lincoln he was elected president of the African Students Organization of America and Canada. Dr Nkrumah continued his schooling in England, where he helped to organise the Fifth Pan-African Congress in 1945. Then he founded the West African National Secretariat to work for the decolonization of Africa. Nkrumah also served as Vice-President of the West African Students' Union (WASU). During his lifetime