A military coup, led by General Joseph Ankrah, seized power in Ghana. They staged the coup while President Kwame Nkrumah was out of the country en route to China.
eventREF E-0012056Revised
24 February 1966
Military Coup in Ghana
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Handbook, London: Cassell.
- 02ghanaweb, Lt. General Joseph A. Ankrah, from GhanaWeb, [online], Available at www.ghanaweb.com [Accessed: 30 January 2014]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Military Coup in Ghana. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012056
South African History Online (2011) 'Military Coup in Ghana', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012056 (Accessed: 9 November 2026).
South African History Online, Military Coup in Ghana [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012056, (accessed 9 November 2026).
"Military Coup in Ghana." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012056. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Military Coup in Ghana." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012056.
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