Edward Quao, Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, has revealed that several prominent figures, including personalities from the Western world, were present when Ghana's first president, Osagyefo Dr.

Kwame Nkrumah, declared the nation's independence.

Speaking on GhanaWeb's People and Places with Ernestina Serwaa Asante, Quao disclosed that Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned social activist and leader of the U.S.

civil rights movement, was among the crowd that witnessed Nkrumah's historic speech. "This is the same spot where Dr.