What is recorded here
The public map records this plaque for Kwame Nkrumah. Its recorded inscription reads: Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) First President of Ghana lived here 1945-47
Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana and a key figure in Africa's struggle for independence from colonial rule; he lived in this house during his formative years in London, where he developed his pan-Africanist ideologies.
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