02921nam 2200589Ia 450 991078985310332120211012172808.01-283-00519-09988-647-81-6(CKB)2670000000079540(EBL)1135271(OCoLC)830165437(SSID)ssj0000485455(PQKBManifestationID)11284831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485455(PQKBWorkID)10604039(PQKB)10419638(OCoLC)777571822(MdBmJHUP)muse21900(Au-PeEL)EBL1135271(CaPaEBR)ebr10448535(CaONFJC)MIL300519(MiAaPQ)EBC1135271(PPN)187340323(EXLCZ)99267000000007954020071019e20071988 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrKwame Nkrumah[electronic resource] vision and tragedy /David Rooney[2nd ed.].Accra, Ghana Sub-Saharan Publishers20071 online resource (394 p.)First published as 'Kwame Nkrumah: the political kingdom in the Third World' by I.B. Tauris, c1988.9988-647-60-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index.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""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 NkrPresidentsGhanaBiographyGhanaPolitics and government1957-1979Presidents966.7Rooney David1120840MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789853103321Kwame Nkrumah3862054UNINA