Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution - Hardcover

James, C. L. R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0850312191 ISBN 13: 9780850312195

Publisher: Allison and Busby, 1977

Synopsis

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 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 Featuring a new introduction by Leslie James, an unpublished draft of C. L. R. James's introduction to the 1977 edition, and correspondence, this definitive edition of Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution offers a revised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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Publication date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850312191
• ISBN 13: 9780850312195
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 227