In 1947 Kwame Nkrumah became secretary-general of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), a party with a moderate, gradualist approach to Gold Coast independence. Citing ideological differences, he splintered from the UGCC in 1949 to form the populist Convention People’s Party, which won elections held in 1951. Nkrumah became prime minister of the colony in 1952. Under his leadership, the Gold Coast gained independence from Great Britain and, with British Togoland, was consolidated into an independent Ghana in 1957.
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