Heavenly birthday wishes Kwame Nkrumah! Born September 21, 1909, Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from the United Kingdom. He was then the first prime minister and then the president of Ghana, from 1957 until 1966. He died in 1972. Here are a few of his notable works:
Heavenly belated birthday wishes Frantz Fanon! Born July 20, 1925, Frantz Omar Fanon was a French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher from the French colony of Martinique. His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies and critical theory. He died in 1961. He is well-known for his book The Wretched of the Earth. Other notable works are:
Heavenly belated birthday wishes Nelson Mandela! Born July 18, 1918, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist, statesman, and revolutionary who was the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first Black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. In 1993 he and President FW de Klerk jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize. He died in 2013. He authored a few books that chronicled his life:
Born March 15, Nigerian-born Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. Here are just a few of his published works.
