Nkrumah And The Ghana Revolution

Author : C. L. R. James
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781478007128

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Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution by C. L. R. James Pdf

In this new edition of Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution, C. L. R. James tells the history of the socialist revolution led by Kwame Nkrumah, the first president and prime minister of Ghana. Although James wrote it in the immediate post-independence period around 1958, he did not publish it until nearly twenty years later, when he added a series of his own letters, speeches, and articles from the 1960s. Although Nkrumah led the revolution, James emphasizes that it was a popular mass movement fundamentally realized by the actions of everyday Ghanaians. Moreover, James shows that Ghana’s independence movement was an exceptional moment in global revolutionary history: it moved revolutionary activity to the African continent and employed new tactics not seen in previous revolutions. Featuring a new introduction by Leslie James, an unpublished draft of C. L. R. James's introduction to the 1977 edition, and correspondence, this definitive edition of Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution offers a revised understanding of Africa’s shaping of freedom movements and insight into the possibilities for decolonial futures.

Author : Ebenezer Babatope
Publisher : Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000875939

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The Ghana Revolution, from Nkrumah to Jerry Rawlings by Ebenezer Babatope Pdf

This book was published in the immediate aftermath of Jerry Rawlings' 1981 coup, and proclamation of the Ghana Revolution in January 1982. The author gives an account of the history of the socialist African revolution in Ghana from Nkrumah to Rawlings. He argued that Rawlings represented a continuity of the socialist African revolution, which drove Nkrumah and other revolutionary leaders to commit the resources and future of Ghana to overcome the imperial powers. He puts the case for the continuing need for a unified, self-reliant socialist state, and considers the high hopes for Rawlings' revolution and socialist ideology, with which he concurs, including his potential to inspire other African revolutions, provide the strong African leadership required for greater African economic independence, and an African presence in international relations. The book represents a historical view of Rawlings' role at a particular point in time.

Author : Cyril Lionel Robert James
Publisher : London : Allison and Busby
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Ghana
ISBN : 0850312205

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Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution by Cyril Lionel Robert James Pdf

Author : Kwame Botwe-Asamoah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781134000180

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Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and Politics by Kwame Botwe-Asamoah Pdf

This study critically synthesizes and analyses the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah's politico-cultural philosophy and policies as an African-centered paradigm for the post-independence African revolution. It also argues for the relevance of his theories and politics in today's Africa.

Author : Jeffrey S. Ahlman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780821447390

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Kwame Nkrumah by Jeffrey S. Ahlman Pdf

A new biography of Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, one of the most influential political figures in twentieth-century African history. As the first prime minister and president of the West African state of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah helped shape the global narrative of African decolonization. After leading Ghana to independence in 1957, Nkrumah articulated a political vision that aimed to free the country and the continent—politically, socially, economically, and culturally—from the vestiges of European colonial rule, laying the groundwork for a future in which Africans had a voice as equals on the international stage. Nkrumah spent his childhood in the maturing Gold Coast colonial state. During the interwar and wartime periods he was studying in the United States. He emerged in the postwar era as one of the foremost activists behind the 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress and the demand for an immediate end to colonial rule. Jeffrey Ahlman’s biography plots Nkrumah’s life across several intersecting networks: colonial, postcolonial, diasporic, national, Cold War, and pan-African. In these contexts, Ahlman portrays Nkrumah not only as an influential political leader and thinker but also as a charismatic, dynamic, and complicated individual seeking to make sense of a world in transition.

Author : Joseph G. Amamoo
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Ghana
ISBN : 9780595146277

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The Ghanaian Revolution by Joseph G. Amamoo Pdf

When in March, 1957, Ghana became the first African country in colonial Africa to achieve Independence, the event was enthusiastically welcomed by millions of Africans and liberal non-Africans. Many African people looked up to Ghana with hope, confidence and pride. These people hoped that the torch of freedom would be held aloft in their own countries also. That Ghana had among the highest per capita income in Africa and the best developed educational and health facilities were but some of the factors establishing Ghana's position of stature in Africa. The question then is, how it comes about that beginning with such historic political and economic achievements, the country deteriorated through a series of military coups that eventually led to the bloody revolution of June, 1979. Could the revolution have been avoided? What are the lessons that Ghana itself, and other African countries, can learn? The Ghanaian Revolution attempts, clearly and dispassionately, to answer these questions.

Author : Kwame Nkrumah
Publisher : New York : International Publishers
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015020677210

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Revolutionary Path by Kwame Nkrumah Pdf

Author : Emmanuel Doe Ziorklui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Ghana
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082322764

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Ghana by Emmanuel Doe Ziorklui Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Panaf
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015020637206

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Kwame Nkrumah by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kwame Nkrumah
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Ghana
ISBN : 1635619130

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Ghana by Kwame Nkrumah Pdf

The "African Nehru," Kwame Nkrumah led the 1957 revolution which ushered the state of Ghana from the colonial era to independence. This autobiography recounts the years-long dramatic struggle to gain political freedom for his people.

Author : Yuri Smertin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Ghana
ISBN : UVA:X001335761

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Kwame Nkrumah by Yuri Smertin Pdf

Author : Matteo Landricina
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783643909725

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Nkrumah and the West by Matteo Landricina Pdf

The developmental years of Ghana - the first state to become independent from colonialism in sub-Saharan Africa in 1957 - were marked by the United Kingdom's effort to showcase its former colony as a model of successful democracy export for the rest of Black Africa. They called it the "Ghana Experiment". Major Western powers like the United States and West Germany participated in the attempt to keep Ghana aligned with the West. As Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah embarked on a bold anti-imperialistic, pan-African policy, Britain and the United States concerted a common strategy which accelerated Nkrumah's eventual downfall in 1966 and brought Ghana back into the Western sphere of influence.

Author : Kwame Nkrumah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Ghana
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081203916

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The Struggle Continues by Kwame Nkrumah Pdf

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789987160044

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Western Involvement in Nkrumah's Downfall by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

The author shows the role played by Western governments and intelligence agencies in overthrowing Ghana's first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. They worked together to weaken and undermine his government, and they facilitated the military coup which ended his rule. He has used declassified material including interviews with former American ambassadors to Ghana, as well as other sources, to document his study. He contends that the Ghanaian army and police officers who overthrew Nkrumah may not have succeeded, when they did, in ousting Nkrumah had Western powers, especially the United States, not been involved in the plot to oust him. They participated in planning the coup. But he also concedes that it is possible the Ghanaian coup makers would have, on their own, succeeded later in overthrowing Nkrumah. Major Akwasi Afrifa, one of the leaders of the February 1966 coup in which Nkrumah was ousted, planned twice – in 1962 and in 1964 – to overthrow Nkrumah but the plots were discovered by the security forces before they could be carried out. The author acknowledges that Nkrumah had enemies within and faced strong opposition to his rule. But he also contends that there was a concerted effort by Western powers, especially the United States, to overthrow Nkrumah that should not be overlooked when examining his downfall. They worked in collusion with his enemies within. But even if Nkrumah did not have enemies in Ghana, the United States and other Western powers still would have worked on plans to get rid of him because he was considered to be a threat to American and Western interests in Africa. The book includes photos. His forthcoming book, “Ghana after Nkrumah,” complements this work.

Author : Kwame Nkrumah
Publisher : Panaf
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSC:32106016500719

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Class Struggle in Africa by Kwame Nkrumah Pdf

Recent African history has exposed the close links between the interests of imperialism and neo-colonialism and the African bourgeoisie. This book reveals the nature and extent of the class struggle in Africa, and sets it in the broad context of the African Revolution and the world socialist revolution. 86pp; 1 map