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Since winning its independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Ghana has been a beacon for liberation and civil rights movements around the globe. During the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, the country became a storied center of Pan-African thought, political activism, and spiritual connection for artists and intellectuals.

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