Answer:
Kwame Nkrumah became president of the new nation.
Step-by-step explanation:
The African nation of Ghana was the first to attain independence from colonial rule. It freed itself from the British Empire's rule during the 1950s. And in 1957, Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast, get independent from British rule.
Kwame Nkrumah was a revolutionary and politician who advocated for the independence of his country. Even before the country was free from the colonial powers, he was the founder of the Convention People's Party, working hard for the liberation of the Gold Coast nation from the British. And after the British empire granted independence to the African nation, he was elected the President of the newly freed nation.
Thus, the correct answer is the first option.