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Overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah (1966)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Nkrumah overthrown”
24 Feb 1966 — While Ghana’s president is in Beijing, the army and police seize power. The independence hero becomes the emblem of a new pattern: by 1970 the continent has seen more than forty coups.
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- Africa after independence (chapter 7 of Decolonization of Africa)
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- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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