Nkrumah was one of the five leaders, who comprised the core of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). He was the leader of which country in Africa?

Kwame Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and a pivotal figure in the decolonization of Africa [3]. He is recognized as one of the five founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), alongside Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, and Sukarno of Indonesia [2]. Nkrumah led Ghana to independence in 1957, making it the first sub-Saharan African nation to break from colonial rule [4]. He was a forceful advocate for Pan-Africanism and neutralism, seeking an independent path in world politics during the Cold War era [3]. His leadership was instrumental during the first NAM Summit held in Belgrade in 1961, where the movement's core principles of peaceful coexistence and non-alignment with major power blocs were solidified [5].

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1. [3] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 15: The World after World War II > Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) > p. 251
2. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 36: The Evolution of Nationalist Foreign Policy > Five Pioneering Leaders of the NAM > p. 626
3. [2] Politics in India since Independence, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 4: Indi External Relations > p. 54
4. [4] Themes in world history, History Class XI (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: Changing Cultural Traditions > TIMELINE IV (с. 1700 то 2000) > p. 130
5. [5] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 36: The Evolution of Nationalist Foreign Policy > p. 627