Kwame Nkrumah s Political Kingdom and Pan Africanism Reinterpreted, - 1909197

This book provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah. The authors present a twenty-first-century reinterpretation of Nkrumah's Pan-Africanist views in the context of Black unity as well as Black liberation within the African continent and the United States and Caribbean diaspora.

List of contents

Chronology (1909-1972)
Chapter 1: Birth, Early Education and Employment
Chapter 2: Overseas Student Years: Nkrumah's American and UK Sojourns, 1935-1947
Chapter 3: Kwame Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism: A New Interpretation
Chapter 4: Years of Activism and Post-Colonial Gold Coast, 1947-1960
Chapter 5: Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah's Political Kingdom, 1960-1966
Epilogue: The 1966 Coup, Exile, Death, and Cultural Legacy of Kwame Nkrumah

About the author

A.B. Assensoh is emeritus professor of Indiana University and courtesy emeritus professor at University of Oregon.Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh is Vice President of Equity and Inclusion, professor of political science, and adjunct professor of law at University of Oregon.

Summary

This book provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah. The authors present a twenty-first-century reinterpretation of Nkrumah’s Pan-Africanist views in the context of Black unity as well as Black liberation within the African continent and the United States and Caribbean diaspora.

Product details

• Authors: Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Alex-Assensoh Yvette M., A. B. Assensoh, A.B. Assensoh, A.b. Alex-Assensoh Assensoh
• Assisted by: Damien Ejigiri (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781666906769
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-676-9
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: African Governance, Development, and Leadership
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ghana, Ethnic Studies, Nationalism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), HISTORY / Africa / West, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political leaders & leadership, African History, West Africa, Political leaders and leadership, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Pan-nationalism