This leader imprisoned his long-time rival J.B. Danquah. Joseph Ankrah's National Liberation Council deposed this man while he was meeting with Zhou Enlai on a state visit to North Vietnam. This leader founded the Convention People's Party. His political philosophy was influenced by W.E.B Dubois, who died in this leader's country. This leader powered his nation's aluminum smelters by building the Akosombo Dam on the Volta River. This prominent advocate of Pan-Africanism presided over his country's discarding of its colonial name, the Gold Coast. For 10 points, name this first president of an independent Ghana. 
This leader imprisoned his long-time rival J.B. Danquah. Joseph Ankrah's National Liberation Council deposed this man while he was meeting with Zhou Enlai on a state visit to North Vietnam. This leader founded the Convention People's Party. His political philosophy was influenced by W.E.B Dubois, who died in this leader's country. This leader powered his nation's aluminum smelters by building the Akosombo Dam on the Volta River. This prominent advocate of Pan-Africanism presided over his country's discarding of its colonial name, the Gold Coast. For 10 points, name this first president of an independent Ghana. 
This leader imprisoned his long-time rival J.B. Danquah. Joseph Ankrah's National Liberation Council deposed this man while he was meeting with Zhou Enlai on a state visit to North Vietnam.
Kwame Nkrumah