Accra in the Cold War

The atlas holds 11 people and 20 moments here, from 1947 to 1979. The most recorded lives are Kwame Nkrumah, Jerry Rawlings and Maya Angelou.

Notable people

  1. Elizabeth II

    in 1961

    1 moment here

    Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…

  2. Gamal Abdel Nasser

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…

  3. Jerry Rawlings

    from 1947 to 1979

    4 moments here

    Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian Air Force officer and politician who led Ghana in 1979 and from 1981 to 2001, first as military ruler and later as…

  4. John Atta Mills

    from 1963 to 1967

    2 moments here

    John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…

  5. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

  6. Kofi Annan

    in 1974

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  7. Kwame Nkrumah

    from 1950 to 1965

    4 moments here

    Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…

  8. Louis Armstrong

    in 1956

    1 moment here

    American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…

  9. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  10. Maya Angelou

    in 1962

    2 moments here

    American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…

  11. Patrice Lumumba

    from 1958 to 1960

    2 moments here

    Congolese independence leader and first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo. Lumumba worked in Stanleyville, led the Mouvement National…

Moments

  1. 1947 Birth in Accra Jerry Rawlings
  2. 1950 Imprisonment at Fort James Kwame Nkrumah
  3. 1951 Prison candidacy for Accra Kwame Nkrumah
  4. 1956 Arrival in Accra Louis Armstrong
  5. 1957 Independence proclamation in Accra Kwame Nkrumah
  6. 1957 Witnesses Ghanaian independence Martin Luther King Jr.
  7. 1958 All-African Peoples’ Conference Kenneth Kaunda
  8. 1958 All-African Peoples' Conference Patrice Lumumba
  9. 1960 Agreement with Nkrumah Patrice Lumumba
  10. 1961 Visited Ghana despite security fears Elizabeth II
  11. 1962 Accra expatriate and university work Maya Angelou
  12. 1962 Move to Accra Maya Angelou
  13. 1963 Achimota School completion John Atta Mills
  14. 1965 Organisation of African Unity summit Kwame Nkrumah
  15. 1965 Second OAU Summit Gamal Abdel Nasser
  16. 1967 Completed secondary school Jerry Rawlings
  17. 1967 Law degree at Legon John Atta Mills
  18. 1974 Manager at Ghana Tourist Development Company Kofi Annan
  19. 1979 Failed uprising at Air Force Station Jerry Rawlings
  20. 1979 Released during the June 4 uprising Jerry Rawlings

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