Nkroful
{{short description|Village in Western Region, Ghana}}
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| subdivision_name2 = Ellembelle District
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Nkroful is a village and the capital of the Ellembelle District in the Western Region of Ghana, located near Axim in the Nzema East Municipal. The village is the birthplace of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president.[http://www.ghanawestcoast.com/gwc/nkroful.php Nkroful - Ghana West Coast]. ghanawestcoast.com.{{cite web|url=https://www2.statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/2010_District_Report/Western/Ellembelle.pdf|title=2010 Ellembelle District Census|publisher=Ghana Statistical Service|access-date=9 July 2024}}
History
The village of Nkroful was once under the Western Nzema Kingdom, which dates back to 1470. It is now under the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area. Kwesie Kutuah was the first known chief of the village in 1911.{{cite journal|url=https://dice.missouri.edu/assets/docs/niger-congo/Nzema.pdf|title=Hunter-gatherers data sheet - Nzema People|journal=University of Missouri|access-date=8 July 2024}}{{cite report|url=https://eap.bl.uk/sites/default/files/EAP569%20Survey%20Report.pdf|title=Safegrauding Nzema History|publisher=Endangered Archives Programme|access-date=8 July 2024}}
As of 2023, the family head of Nkroful is Abusuapanyinli Senza Erzah and the Chief of Nkroful is Nana Kwasi Kutuah V.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-27 |title=We need hospital, potable water, good roads - Nkroful residents cry to government |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/We-need-hospital-potable-water-good-roads-Nkroful-residents-cry-to-government-1852271 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}
Geography
= Location =
Nkroful stands inland 5 km (3 miles) from the coastal highway, from the Essiama town junction turnoff.
= Climate =
The village lies in the semi-equatorial climatic zone of West Africa. It experiences all-year round rainfall with the high amounts occurring between May and June.
Education
The village only have one senior high school, Nkroful Agricultural Senior High School, which was established in 1972.{{cite web|url=https://ghanahighschools.com/ghs_schools/nkroful-agric-senior-high/|title=Nkroful Agric. Senior High|website=GhanaHighSchools.com|access-date=8 July 2024}}
Nkrumah Mausoleum
Initially being buried in Guinea, Nkrumah was buried in Nkroful on 9 July 1972 at the original Nkrumah Mausoleum and monument.{{Cite news |date=1972-07-08 |title=Ghana Burial Set As Guinea Returns Body of Nkrumah |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/08/archives/ghana-burial-set-as-guinea-returns-body-of-nkrumah.html |access-date=2024-05-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} His remains were later lay to rest at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra in 1992.{{cite web|url=https://libguides.nypl.org/kwamenkrumah/biography|title=Kwame Nkrumah Resource Guide: Kwame Nkrumah Biography|publisher=The New York Public Library|access-date=9 July 2024}}
See also
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