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Named for the African empire along the Niger River from 400 to
1240 AD, Ghana was ruled by Britain for 113 years as the Gold
Coast. In 1956, the United Nations approved a merger with
British Togoland and full independence came on March 6, 1957.
Ghana attained republic status within the British Commonwealth in
1960. President Kwame Nkrumah built many public projects
including hospitals, schools and the Volta River hydroelectric
and aluminum plant projects. The country went into deep debt,
Nkrumah jailed opponents and was accused of corruption. A 1964
referendum gave Nkrumah dictatorial powers and a one-party
socialist state was set-up. Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966 by an
army coup that expelled Chinese and East German teachers and
technical advisers. Elections were held in 1969, but further
coups occurred in 1972, 1978, 1979 and 1981.
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