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% |
Data
| WashU B | Miami | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue D | Indiana B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UIUC B | SIUE A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UChicago C | UChicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue A | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UIUC A | WashU D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UIUC C | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Notre Dame | UIUC D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| WashU C | Purdue C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |