For 10 points, name this first prime minister of independent Ghana.
This leader, who denounced corruption in his government in the "Dawn Broadcast," was the main inspiration for the protagonist of a Peter Abrahams novel published a year before he took power, A Wreath for Udomo. After winning the first elections under the Coussey Constitution, he appointed as an advisor lifelong friend George Padmore, whom he met while a student at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Unrest derived from this leader's attempts to control the rapidly rising price of cocoa led to the creation of the National Liberation Movement opposing him. This leader broke off from the J.B. Danquah-led UGCC to pursue a campaign of civil disobedience he termed "Positive Action." This founder of the Convention People's Party was overthrown by a coup during a visit to Beijing in 1966. This fervent supporter of Pan- Africanism oversaw the construction of the Akosombo Dam as part of the Volta River Project. For 10 points, name this first prime minister of independent Ghana.
This leader, who denounced corruption in his government in the "Dawn Broadcast," was the main inspiration for the protagonist of a Peter Abrahams novel published a year before he took power, A Wreath for Udomo.
Kwame Nkrumah