Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

Ohio University Press has a series of “Short Histories of Africa”. I recently decided to pick up most of the collection for potential use as reading materials for classes. This post covers “Kwame Nkrumah: Visions of Liberation” (2021), by Jeffrey S. Ahlman. The book is contextualized beyond biographical detail, with details of the events occurring […]

Tags: #Colonialism #Ghana #Kwame Nkrumah #Liberation #Self-determination

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Nkrumah – The Struggle Continues

Nkrumah – The Struggle Continues

This is the third of Kwame Nkrumah’s publications I have shared notes on. The first was the Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare (1968) and the second was Class Struggle in Africa (1970). This post shares some notes from The Struggle Continues (1973), a collection of short publications that were written between 1949 to 1968. A reprinted […]

Tags: #Capitalism #Kwame Nkrumah #Neocolonialism #Positive Action #Socialism

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Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare

Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare

One of the great leaders and thinkers of the liberation struggle across Africa was Kwame Nkrumah, who would become President of Ghana. He has penned several works, one of which is “Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare” (1968). Reading this book makes clear why writings such as this are not as commonly on reading lists as are […]

Tags: #Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare #Kwame Nkrumah #Liberation #Revolution #Sham Independence

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