On June 4, 1962—two years after a plebiscite ratified a new constitution and Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was elected the first prime minister and president of the Republic of Ghana, a Conference of African Freedom Fighters was held in Accra, the nation’s capital. Nkrumah had led Ghana, formerly known as The Gold Coast, to independence from Britain in 1957. He …