Ghana

State · 1958–2026 CE · at its largest around 1960 CE

West African nation, formerly the British Gold Coast, which in 1957 became one of the first sub-Saharan colonies to win independence. Its first leader, Kwame Nkrumah, was a prominent advocate of pan-Africanism.

On its lands while it lasted

Kwame Nkrumah (1909 CE – 1972 CE): Leader of Ghana's independence movement, its first prime minister and president, and a leading advocate of Pan-Africanism.
Accra (c. 1958 CE): Capital of Ghana (1958–today).