Ghanaian President
Kwame Nkrumah
Led Ghana to independence in 1957, the first sub-Saharan colony to get there, and pushed pan-Africanism hard enough to unsettle everybody. He was deposed by a coup in 1966.
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. An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.
- Born
- 1909-09-21, Nkroful, GhanaA Tuesday
- Died
- 1972-04-27, Bucharest, RomaniaA Thursday, aged 62
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1909-09-21, Nkroful, Ghana · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Accrathe zone used then
Africa/AccraThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 27°51′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 13°16′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 23°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 5°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 1°33′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 25°36′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 21°27′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 17°07′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 19°03′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 26°53′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1972-04-27, Bucharest, Romania · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Bucharestthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 7°14′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 25°05′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 10°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 21°17′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 20°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 8°18′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 5°39′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 15°23′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 4°35′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 29°46′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Kwame Nkrumah was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.