That's why there are sailors in the picture - and there he is, Stanley Armour Dunham in the welcoming committee.
NUKRUMAH - BLACK STAR LINE -
"...But as soon as Nkrumah won independence and drove the British out of Ghana, one of his first acts was to sign the Black Star Line into being. Nkrumah told them, "You laughed at Garvey, but you will never laugh at us." And he signed in the Black Star Line, which was to travel the world as the the ocean-going fleets of Ghana...
...In the early1960’s, another friend took the Black Star Line to Ghana. It was also a freighter trip. His experience was quite a different story. It was when Ghana had recreated the Black Star Line under the then president, Kwame Nkrumah. One of the ships was the Afram River which had made a maiden voyage to the U.S. The political fervor around the relaunching of the Black Star Line impressed the black activists of the time and our friend decided to make his move to Ghana by ship where he could take all his belongings and take up his new teaching assignment. He was thrilled by the fact that the entire crew, including the captain were all Africans...
Black Star Line (State Shipping Corporation) Ghana
Operated ships registered in Israel (Zim Line). U.S. and Canadian agents: American Israeli Shipping Co.
