In recent times however, since the Akufo-Addo government took office, the day is observed as the first president’s birthday. Born in an era where dates of births, marriages and deaths were not registered, Dr Nkrumah, in his autobiography, cast some doubt about his date of birth. Titled, ‘Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah’ the book reveals some intriguing circumstances surrounding the birth of Dr. Nkrumah and how he got the 21 September date as his birth date. “On the other hand, the priest who later baptised me into the Roman Catholic Church recorded my birth date as 21st September, 1909. Here are excerpts from Kwame Nkrumah’s autobiography which captures his accounts of his birth
