Ghana gains independence
March 6, 1957
At midnight Kwame Nkrumah stood on a Accra platform and told a vast crowd that Ghana, our beloved country, is free forever. It was the first sub-Saharan colony to shed European rule. A wave was starting. Within three years seventeen more African nations would raise their own flags over former colonial capitals.
In context
Also in 1957 (5 other events on record)
- Sputnik orbits Earth · Central Asia · Science
- Treaty of Rome creates Common Market · Europe · Politics
- Little Rock Nine · North America · Politics
- On the Road published · North America · Culture
- Ford Edsel fails · North America · Technology
Before and after in Africa
Before and after in Politics
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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