Living with Nkrumahism : Nation, State, and Pan-Africanism in Ghana /

In the 1950s, Ghana, under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah and the Convention People's Party, drew the world's attention as anticolonial activists, intellectuals, and politicians looked to it as a model for Africa's postcolonial future. Nkrumah was a visionary, a statesman, and one of...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ahlman, Jeffrey S., 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nkrumah, Kwame, > 1909-1972.
Nkrumah, Kwame, > 1909-1972 > Influence.
Politics and government.
Pan-Africanism.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Decolonization.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Decolonization > Ghana.
Ghana.
Ghana > Politics and government > 1979-2001.
Ghana > Politics and government > 1957-1979.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Decolonization and the Pan-African nation
  • The world of Kwame Nkrumah : Pan-Africanism, empire, and the Gold Coast in global perspective
  • From the Gold Coast to Ghana : modernization and the politics of Pan-African nation-building
  • A new type of citizen : youth and the making of Pan-African citizenship
  • "Work and happiness for all" : productivity and the political economy of Pan-African revolution
  • Working for the revolution : gender, secrecy, and security in the Pan-African state
  • Negotiating Nkrumahism : belonging, uncertainty, and the Pan-African one-party state
  • Conclusion: "Forward ever, backward never."

Ejemplares similares