About KNA
The school gets its name from the first president of Ghana, Francis Nwia Nkrumah, born Sept. 21, 1909. He is considered a founder of the Pan-Africanist Movement. He received a BA from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1939. He went on to earn a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and a Master of Art in Philosophy the following year. In 1945 he left the States for London where he helped organize the fifth Pan-African Congress in Manchester, England. After that he founded the West African National Secretariat to work for the decolonization of Africa. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate from the following universities: Lincoln University, Moscow State University, Cairo University in Egypt, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, Humboldt University in the former East Berlin. “It is in our hands to join our strength, taking sustenance from our diversity, honouring our rich and varied traditions and culture but acting together for the protection and benefit of us all.”
