General News of Tuesday, 21 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Kwame Nkrumah had his image marked on Guinea’s local currency• This was an honour by the former president Seim Toure for his fight for a great Africa• Ghana’s first president would have turned 112 todayDid you know Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, was once embossed on the currency of Guinea? Dr Kwame Nkrumah who fought for the independence of Ghana was a very close friend of Guinea President, Seim Toure to the extent that when he was overthrown in 1966, he went into exile in Guinea. The Ghanaian liberator fought hard for countries to win their independence and his good friend, Seim Toure, chose to honour him even after his death. Toure had the Bank of the Republic of Guinea emboss Dr Nkrumah’s iconic picture on the country's five sylis. Nkrumah’s face was placed not only on the five sylis banknotes but also on the five sylis coin.

Source: GhanaWeb September 21, 2021 10:30 UTC