Kwame Nkrumah - 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson

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


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
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
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
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