5. Kwame Nkrumah Practised Insane Nepotism
Nepotism was largely the wheel on which Dr. Nkrumah made his political and other high-ranking appointments. His government was less inclusive of other tribes. For instance, by 1965, no Ewe was in his cabinet of 18 members but there were 13 Akans, with three of these close to his home, Nzimah.
Take note that, 13% of Ghana’s population per the 2000 census are Ewe and just 1.2% are Nzimah.
7 EVIL Things Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Did That You Probably Didn't Know–He "Hated" Ewes & Excluded Them From His Government
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In all persons there is good and there is bad, it is a matter of proportion, is the good greater that the bad or the other way around? Was Nkrumah rule worst that the European colonial masters? He was one of them and in the long run the young country would benefit from his efforts in spite of his flaws, he was an native, not representing outside rule, but was an indigenous leader with a vision and a determination to accomplish his vision, but as usual the worst enemies of progress are many times are their own people who forgets what it was under foreign rule.