How Nkrumah tasked Quaison-Sackey to defend his government after the 1966 coup

Historical accounts of Ghana’s February 24, 1966 coup have shed light on the role played by then Foreign Minister Dr Alex Quaison-Sackey in the tense days that followed the overthrow of President Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah was outside Ghana when the military and police takeover occurred. He was in Beijing, China, after travelling there as part …