Nkrumah - Was corrupt. Wasted money on white elephants such as the aluminium smelter. Tried to be head of state for life. People had enough of him and overthrew him.
Ghanaian here. This nonsense about Nkrumah being corrupt and creating white elephants are spouted by people who cant still see the bigger picture. Nkrumah never hid his priorities. He made it clear that Ghana could only survive and prosper if we focus not just on primary production but also added value to them. He knew and has been proven right that African countries could only survive if we had strong alliances and cooperation among ourselves, that is why he spent a lot of money in several other African countries to secure their independence.
The forces of imperialism saw his direction and were using agents in Ghana to frustrate that. Ghana as a country was less than a decade old ffs, dude had to do what was necessary to realize the vision.
Knowing what we know now about how correct he was, how can you still hold on to such excuses used to destroy the one person who tried so hard to develop Ghana.