After studying law in the West, Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast (the former British colony in present day Ghana) in 1947 to fight for independence. After succeeding in this venture and becoming the resulting nation’s first Prime Minister, he went on to spearhead Pan-Africanism throughout the continent. Unfortunately, his subsequent meetings with world leaders such as Kruschev and Castro led the U.S. to bolster a coup d’etat ousting Nkrumah from power. His original statue was defaced during the turmoil (pictured to the right), but the recently erected shrine proves the nation’s devotion.
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