He was a Muslim and member of the Mandingo ethnic group[3] from Tusu Town, Quardu Gboni District, Lofa County.
Kromah denied the government's crackdown leading to some deaths at the University of Liberia in 1984,[citation needed] and went into exile in June 1990, months after the First Liberian Civil War began.
He later co-founded the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) a resistance armed group that forced Charles Taylor to a negotiating table that eventually brought tangible political solution to the Liberian conflict.
After the war ended, Kromah contested the 19 July 1997 presidential election representing the All Liberia Coalition Party, placing third with 4.02% of the vote.
[5] Kromah ran again as the party's presidential candidate in the 11 October 2005 elections in which he was again defeated, receiving 2.8% of the vote.