http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/data/ghashantchro.htm *   *   *   *   * Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 - 27 April 1972) was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast , from 1952 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the first