Kwame Nkrumah and the dream of African unity / Lansiné Kaba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaba, Lansiné, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972.

Nkrumah, Kwame.

Organization of African Unity--History.

Organization of African Unity.

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

Ghana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Diasporic Africa Press, [2017]

Summary:

In Kwame Nkrumah and the Dream of African Unity , Lansin Kaba describes some of the epic phases of Kwame Nkrumah's struggle for the independence of his country, Ghana, and the unity of his continent, Africa. These two tasks were gigantic, complex, and even frightening. Each separately was promethean in scope, perhaps beyond the capacity of a single leader, however able and determined. Yet, Nkrumah dared to accomplish them and thus deserves a place among the great figures of his world. Far from being a hagiography or a biography, or an essay on the ideology and foreign politics of Nkrumah, this work follows the adventures of his dream of African unity, from the years studying across the Atlantic to the Accra Summit in 1965 and the coup d' tat in 1966. Throughout, the analysis tries to understand the genesis of the dream and the effort required for its realization. These discussions deal with the difficulties of implementing a policy of regrouping independent states into a continental body.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kaba, Lansiné Kwame Nkrumah and the Dream of African Unity

ISBN:

1-937306-59-3

OCLC:

1292352183