![]() This exacerbated tensions between him and the influential farmers. Like many new African states, Ghana also suffered from regional factionalism. Nkrumah raised taxes, including on cocoa farmers, to help pay for the dam. The project also forced the relocation of some 80,000 people. ![]() ![]() His party worried the project would increase Ghana's dependence rather than lessen it. Nkrumah tried to free Ghana from this dependence by building the Akosambo Dam on the Volta River, but the project put Ghana deeply in debt and created intense opposition. Among these issues was its economic dependence on the West. ![]() Initially, Nkrumah rode a wave of support in Ghana and the world. Ghana, however, faced all the daunting challenges of independence that would soon be felt across Africa. ![]()
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