The Fall of Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana’s 1966 Coup

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:34:30 +0000

On February 24, 1966, Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, received devastating news while on a state visit to China: his government had been overthrown. This video unpacks the dramatic events of Ghana’s 1966 coup, tracing Nkrumah’s rise from a village in the Gold Coast to the heights of Pan-African leadership. We explore the forces that led to his downfall — from internal dissent to Cold War geopolitics — and ask: was the CIA involved? Through gripping narration and historical analysis, we revisit a pivotal moment in African history that reshaped the continent’s political landscape.