Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) led the Gold Coast's campaign for independence from Britain. He was born at Nkroful, served as prime minister (1952–1960) and then president of Ghana (1960–1966), and was overthrown in a coup in 1966. He died in Bucharest on 27 April 1972.
Kwame Nkrumah was born at Nkroful.