Kwame Nkrumah - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

A decade of political instability in this leader’s country began when Joseph Ankrah’s National Liberation Council overthrew him. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Pan-Africanist president who attempted to reduce his country’s reliance on cocoa exports by constructing the Akosombo Dam.

ANSWER: Kwame Nkrumah

[10e] Nkrumah was the first president of this West African country, which gained independence from Britain in 1957 and was formerly called the Gold Coast.

ANSWER: Ghana [or Republic of Ghana]

[10h] Ghana’s decade of instability ended with a coup led by this flight lieutenant. This leader, who destroyed Accra’s Makola Market to impose price controls, won two elections after Ghana’s democratization.

ANSWER: Jerry John Rawlings [or Jerry Rawlings]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	7	17.14	86%	71%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	7	14.29	57%	86%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	18.89	100%	89%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	10	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	10	15.00	90%	60%	0%

Data


Rowan A	Penn B	0	10	0	10
Lehigh	Penn State A	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Miami	10	10	0	20
Vassar A	Central Oklahoma	0	10	0	10
Vassar A	Iowa	10	10	0	20
Vassar A	Central Oklahoma	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Iowa	10	10	10	30
UCF A	Florida Tech B	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	Bristol A	0	10	0	10
Diamond Brandeis	Amherst A	0	0	0	0
Bowdoin B	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Brandeises Brew	0	10	0	10
Emory B	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech F	Clemson A	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Emory A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Emory A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory B	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Tusculum A	Auburn C	0	0	0	0
Alabama A	Clemson A	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Emory A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Emory A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Auburn C	10	0	0	10
Georgia A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory B	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	Princeton A	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Haverford A	0	10	0	10
Purdue D	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
UIUC B	SIUE A	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	WashU D	10	10	0	20
WashU C	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Arkansas	Vassar B	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Texas A	McGill E	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Florida Tech A	UCF B	0	10	0	10
Florida State University A	UF D	0	10	0	10
Bristol B	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Manchester	LSE A	10	10	0	20
Warwick A	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Durham B	Vanderbilt	0	10	0	10
A Brandeis Supreme	Boston University A	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Carabrandeis	10	10	0	20
Clark A	Boston University B	0	10	0	10
Tufts B	Northeastern A	10	10	0	20
Yale B	Williams A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Stanford L	10	10	0	20
Stanford M	Berkeley C	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins B	Bard A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
Penn A	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
UChicago C	UChicago A	10	10	0	20
UIUC C	Purdue B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame	UIUC D	10	10	0	20
Vassar A	Central Oklahoma	0	10	0	10
Vassar A	Iowa	10	10	0	20
Vassar A	Central Oklahoma	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Iowa	10	10	10	30
Texas D	NYU A	10	10	0	20
Ole Miss	Texas C	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Colorado College	10	10	0	20
UF B	UF E	10	10	0	20
UF A	UF F	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Oxford A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge D	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
LSE B	Edinburgh	10	10	0	20
Southampton B	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Yale C	10	10	0	20
Yale A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20