Convention People’s Party

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The Convention People’s Party was a nationalist political party in the British Gold Coast, led by Kwame Nkrumah, that spearheaded the struggle for independence and became the ruling party of the newly formed Ghana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nationalist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
cameToPower 1951 Gold Coast legislative election ⓘ
1954 Gold Coast legislative election ⓘ
1956 Gold Coast legislative election ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
Gold Coast ⓘ
founded 1949 ⓘ
foundedIn British Gold Coast ⓘ
founder Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
governedUnderConstitution First Republic of Ghana ⓘ
governingPeriod 1957–1966 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Accra ⓘ
historicalEra decolonization of Africa ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
influenced independence movements in other African colonies ⓘ
influencedBy Pan-Africanist movements ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Africanism
leader Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
notableLeader Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
notableMember Kojo Botsio ⓘ
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah ⓘ
Tawia Adamafio ⓘ
objective achieve immediate self-government for the Gold Coast ⓘ
promote African unity ⓘ
opposedColonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
partyColor green ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
predecessorOrganization United Gold Coast Convention ⓘ
prominentPolicy education expansion in Ghana ⓘ
non-alignment in foreign policy ⓘ
state-led industrialization ⓘ
re-established 1996 ⓘ
roleInHistory led Ghana to independence in 1957 ⓘ
significance became the ruling party of independent Ghana ⓘ
spearheaded the struggle for independence of the Gold Coast from British colonial rule ⓘ
slogan Self-Government Now ⓘ
statusAfter1966 banned following the 1966 coup in Ghana ⓘ
symbol rooster ⓘ
womenWing National Council of Ghana Women ⓘ
youthWing Young Pioneers Movement ⓘ
linked to: Young Pioneers

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British Gold Coast → significantPoliticalParty → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah → founded → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah → memberOf → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
I Speak of Freedom → about → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
Dark Days in Ghana → about → Convention People's Party ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party
1966 Ghanaian coup d’état → target → Convention People’s Party government ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party
Fathia Nkrumah → associatedWith → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
Gold Coast (Ghana) → notablePoliticalParty → Convention People's Party ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party
Joe Appiah → memberOf → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah → memberOfPoliticalParty → Convention People's Party ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah → coFounded → Convention People's Party ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party
Kojo Botsio → memberOfPoliticalParty → Convention People's Party ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party
Tawia Adamafio → memberOfPoliticalParty → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
United Gold Coast Convention → opposedBy → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
United Gold Coast Convention → splitLedTo → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
National Council of Ghana Women → affiliatedWith → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
National Council of Ghana Women → alignedWith → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
National Council of Ghana Women → foundedBy → Convention People’s Party ⓘ
National Council of Ghana Women → partOf → Convention People’s Party mass organizations ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party
First Republic of Ghana → rulingParty → Convention People's Party ⓘ
linked to: Convention People’s Party