THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 6
March 6 in history
What happened on March 6: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1957, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Independence of Ghana
6 Mar 1957 — At midnight Kwame Nkrumah proclaims Ghana independent, the first sub-Saharan colony to throw off European rule. He gives the achievement a wider purpose: “Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.”
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