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Salifu Dagarti (c. July 1931 — 2 January 1964) was a British trained Ghanaian police officer and presidential bodyguard who shielded Kwame Nkrumah with his body on the fifth attempt to assassinate Nkrumah since he came to power in 1957.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
^"Ghana President Nkrumah Target of Gunman", Pittsburgh Press, January 3, 1964, p3
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^"About". salifudagarti. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
^"'Memories of our father's passing 42 years ago' - Samia Nkrumah". MyJoyOnline.com. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
SalifuDagarti (c. July 1931 — 2 January 1964) was a British trained Ghanaian police officer and presidential bodyguard who shielded Kwame Nkrumah with...
House in Accra and missed with his first shot. Nkrumah's bodyguard, SalifuDagarti, shielded the President with his body and was mortally wounded. It marked...