Kwame Nkrumah : vision and tragedy / David Rooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rooney, David.

Standardized Title:

Kwame Nkrumah : the political kingdom in the Third World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972.

Nkrumah, Kwame.

Presidents--Ghana--Biography.

Presidents.

Ghana--Politics and government--1957-1979.

Ghana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

[2nd ed.].

Place of Publication:

Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""The year long celebration of Ghana's Golden Jubilee provides a fitting context for the republication of the book Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy. In the lead-up to the celebration and over the course of the year, the life and times of Kwame Nkrumah will receive unprecedented public attention, official and unofficial. Kwame Nkrumah's very wide name-recognition is, paradoxically, accompanied by sketchy, often oversimplified knowledge about the events and processes of his life and times. For most of those born after independence in 1957, such knowledge does not extend much beyond who Kwame Nkr

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Map of Ghana in the 1960's; Preface; Introduction; Foreword to 2nd Edition; 1. Early Life; 2. London Interlude; 3. Secretary of The UGCC; 4. Birth of The CPP; 5. Leader of Government Business; 6. Constitutional Changes; 7. The Economy and the World Stage; 8. Ashanti and the NLM; 9. The 1956 Election - The Struggle Continues; 10. Independence; 11. Prime Minister 1957-60; 12. The Volta River Project; 13. Lurch to the Left; 14. The Socialist State; 15. Foreign Policy; 16. Denouement; 17. Retrospect; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

First published as 'Kwame Nkrumah: the political kingdom in the Third World' by I.B. Tauris, c1988.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index.

ISBN:

9781283005197

1283005190

9789988647810

9988647816

OCLC:

830165437