Ghana+History

INDEPENDENT GHANA AUGUST 3, 1956 The new assembly passed a motion, authorizing the government to request independence within the British Commonwealth. SINGLE- PARTY  STATE 1964 Nkrumah obtained a constitutional amendment allowing him to dismiss any judge. FALL OF THE NKRUMAH REGINE AND ITS AFTERMATH 19 CENTURY Leaders of the military coup justified their takeover by charging that the c.p.p administration was abusive and corrupt, that Nkrumah’s involvement in African politics was overly aggressive, and that nation lacked democratic parties. EARLY MANIFESTATIONS OF NATIONALISM 19 CENTURY A growing number of educated Africans increasingly found unacceptable an arbitrary political system that placed almost all powers in the hands of the governor through his appointment of council members.

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